Theinhko was a king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) who reigned for 16 years. Although Burmese chronicles state that he reigned from 915 to 931, the actual reign, deduced from King Anawrahta

Anawrahta

Anawrahta Minsaw was the founder of the Pagan Empire. Considered the father of the Burmese nation, Anawrahta turned a small principality in the dry zone of Upper Burma into the first Burmese Empire that formed the basis of modern-day Burma...

's year of ascension, 1044, was likely between 943 and 959. (Much of the information given in Burmese chronicles prior to Anawrahta's reign are unreliable or legendary.)

According to the legend, Theinhko was a son of the previous king, Sale Ngahkwe

Sale Ngahkwe

Sale Ngahkwe was a king of Pagan dynasty of Burma . Although Burmese chronicles state that he reigned from 906 to 915, the actual reign, deduced from King Anawrahta's year of ascension, 1044, was likely between 934 and 943...

, and ascended the throne at age 25. At age 41, Theinhko was killed by a farmer, Nyaung-u Sawrahan

Nyaung-u Sawrahan

Nyaung-u Sawrahan was a king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma . Although Burmese chronicles state that he reigned from 931 to 964, his actual reign, deduced from King Anawrahta's year of ascension, 1044, was likely between 959 and 992...

, from whose farm he took a cucumber. The king had been on the run from rebel forces, and was exhausted and thirsty. The farmer was accepted as king by the queen to prevent unrest in the kingdom and became known as the "Cucumber King", "farmer king" or "Taungthugyi Min". There is a similar story in Cambodia

Cambodia

Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

n history and both stories may be mythical.