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reign of thirty-seven years, and was succeeded by his son Dze-ya-thein- 

 kha, in the year 1204, A. D. 



Dze-ya-thein-kha had a quiet reign. He was chiefly occupied with 

 religious buildings. He finished the Gau-dau-pal-leng temple com- 

 menced by his father, and built the Bau-di temple with some others, 

 which are now less known. 



His son Kya-tswa called also Dham-ma-ra-dza was pre-eminent in 

 learning. He gave his whole time to the study of religion and 

 philosophy, and left the affairs of the kingdom to his son U-za-na. 

 As a work of merit, he formed a lake by damming up a mountain- 

 stream, where all kinds of water-fowl enjoyed themselves, and which 

 also watered rice-lands. He was learned and pious, but the religious 

 zeal, and the art which, during two hundred years had existed, and 

 through which the noble temples still to be seen at Pu-gan, had been 

 built, now had passed away. This king only commenced a pagoda, 

 not now to be traced, which he did not live to complete. He died 

 from an accidental wound after a reign of sixteen years. 



His son U-za-na succeeded. This king had been accustomed as a 

 young prince to hunt wild elephants in the forests of Pegu. He went 

 there again to follow this sport, and was killed by a wild elephant, 

 having reigned five years. 



This king left two sons, Thi-ha-thu and Meng-kkwe-khye. The 

 former had been appointed heir to the throne, but a powerful noble 

 formed a conspiracy, and he was set aside. The younger son Meng- 

 khwe-khye then succeeded with the title of Na-ra-thi-ha-pa-te. There 

 was a rebellion in the province of Mut-ta-ma (Martaban) head- 

 ed by the Governor Nga-Shwe-lay ; but it was suppressed. This 

 king lived in greater luxury than any of his predecessors. He com- 

 menced building a pagoda called Men-ga-la dze-di. But there was a 

 prophecy which said " The pagoda is finished and the country ruined." 

 The king therefore paused and for six years did nothing to the pagoda. 

 But he afterwards thought this fear of consequences inconsistent with 

 piety, and discreditable to his fame as a king, he therefore finished the 

 pagoda in the year 636 or A. D. 1274. In the relic chamber were 

 deposited golden images of the disciples of G-au-da-ma ; golden models 

 of the holy places ; golden images of the fifty-one kings of Pu-gan, 

 and images of the king, his wives and children, and of the nobles of 

 the country. Holy relics were also deposited. 



