The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s3.44

v4.c23.s3.44

Bayinnaung’s great Talaing officer, the *wungyi* (minister) Binnya Dala, compiled the Razadarit Ayedawpon chronicle.³ Bayinnaung introduced a measure of legal uniformity by summoning distinguished monks and officials from all over his dominions to prescribe an official collection of law books; they prescribed the Wareru *dhammathat*¹ and compiled the Dhammathatkyaw and Kosaungchok. The decisions given in his court were collected in the Hanthawaddy Hsinbyumyashin *pyatton*.² He also tried to standardise weights and measures, such as the cubit, tical, and basket, throughout the realm.