1837.] On the site of the Altars of Alexander. 57 



year 990, after the death of Sen-bue-mya Sheen, the chief of 

 Mouny-nam, rebelled in Zimmay and shook off the Peguan authority ; 

 and in 992, Tha-dan-dama-yaza, the grandson of Sen-bue-mya- 

 sheen retook it. 1125, Tso-oung recovered its independence, which 

 it enjoyed only a short time, when it was taken bv Sen-bue-sheen, 

 king of Ava, son of the great Alompra. 1136, Benya-sa-ban, 

 and Kaweela, the eldest brother of the present Chow-tchee-weet of 

 Labong, who was Myo-tsa of Lagon, rose against Tha-dan-Mendeu, 

 called by the Shans Bogoung-bue, (a white-headed chief.) The Go- 

 vernor of Zimmay under Sen-bue-sheen again prevailed and trans- 

 ferred their allegiance to Bankok, to which they have continued sub- 

 ject ever since. Kaweela had six brothers, three others of whom 

 have received from the king of Bankok the title of " Chow-tcha- 

 Weet," or " Lord of Life," one of the many titles he himself enjoys, 

 and the other three have been Chows Moungs of the other towns. 

 The present Chow-tcha-Weet, who is now seventy-two years of 

 age, is the youngest and last of the seven brothers. He has five 

 children by his first chief wife, viz. the wife of Chow Houa of La- 

 bong ; the wife of a chief who is at Bankok ; Cirbw Raja Boot, the 

 eldest son ; another daughter who is deranged, but quiet and inoffen- 

 sive. Chow Houa of Labong will probably succeed to the zazabo- 

 lenoe. He is certainly, from his intelligence and habits of application 

 to business, incomparably best fitted to do so. But it is the opinion 

 of the northern Tsoboas that the Chow Houa of Zimmay, who is even 

 now little inclined to submit to the old Tsoboa's authority, will not 

 quietly acquiesce, and that at the death of the present Tsoboa there 

 will be some bloodshed in the country. 



VIII. — Suggestions on the Sites of Sangala and the Altars of Alexander • 

 being an extract from Notes of a Journey from Lahore to Karichee 

 made in 1830. By C. Masson. 



" At length after a long march we arrived at Hurreepah, havin°- 

 passed the whole road through close jungle. East of it was an 

 abundance of luxuriant grass, where, with many others, I went to 

 allow my nag to graze. On rejoining the party, I found it encamped 

 in front of the village and an old ruinous castle attached to it. Behind 

 us was a large circular mound or eminence, and to the west was an 

 irregular rocky height crowned with remains of buildings, shewing 

 fragments of walls, with niches in them. This elevation was undoubt- 

 edly a natural object ; the former, being of simple earth, was probably 

 artificial. On going to examine the remains we found two immense 

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