 After 1612, the office of viceroy at Taungoo became a mere appointed governorship as the Restored Taungoo kings abolished then existing hereditary viceroyships throughout the entire Irrawaddy valley.The first recorded administration of the Taungoo region came in 1191 when King Sithu II appointed Ananda Thuriya, a son-in-law of his, to be governor of Kanba Myint (), a settlement on the Swa stream, a tributary of the Paunglaung, about 40 km north of present-day Taungoo.The first governor was succeeded by his son, Min Hla Saw, who in turn was succeeded by his son, Thawun Letya.