Career
He is best remembered in Burmese history as the conqueror of Ava Kingdom. Sawlon led a confederation of Shan states, and raided Avan territory throughout the first quarter of the 16th century. (The earliest reported date in the Burmese chronicles of a raid led by Sawlon of Mohnyin came in 1502 lieutenant is unclear if the Sawlon in 1502 was this Sawlon who would have been only 16 years old, then The Sawlon in 1502 may have been Sawlon"s father)
By the 1520s, his confederation included Shan states of Kale (Kalay), Momeik, Bhamo as well as the Burman Kingdom of Prome (Pyay).
The allies accelerated their concerted attacks on Ava from all directions, and sacked Ava in 1524.
In 1527, his forces again laid siege to Ava where Shwenankyawshin fell in battle. Ava was just another Shan state, and many Burmans fled to Toungoo.
Sawlon made a fateful choice of not attacking Toungoo Kingdom in the southeast of Ava. In late 1532, Sawlon and Thohanbwa marched south and captured Prome.
After the conquest of Prome, Sawlon was murdered by his own ministers on his way back home to Mohnyin.