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called after his paternal uncle) and named also Nga-ywom-ngai and 

 Tsau-ywon ; also to a dangliter Tsau-pii-lai. This daughter was 

 married to Pweng-hla-u, who was made governor of Toung-dweng, 

 and who probably belonged to the ancient royal race. 



The king notwithstanding the precautions he had taken, became 

 alarmed at the supposed designs of his sons by his two chief 

 Queens. The two elder princes, the Grown Prince and A-theng- 

 kha-ya, kept large bodies of armed men in the provinces they 

 governed. A-theng-kha-ya at length received, either apparently or 

 really, against the wish of his father,the province of Tsa-gaing. 

 Immediately after taking possession, he declared himself indepen- 

 dent, with a large tract of country under him to the northward. 

 This is said to have been accomplished about the year 677 (A. D. 

 1315). King Thi-ha-thu Ta-tsi-sheng reigned altogether fourteen 

 years, ten of which were pass'ed at his own city Pan-ya. The histo- 

 rian thus sums up the character of this king : " He was very 

 sagacious. He loved his sons, and behaved so as not to offend any of 

 them. Towards other countries he behaved as one would, if placed 

 over a hot fire. To his own subjects as to a cool jar of water placed 

 in one's embrace." He died in the year 684. 



Thi-ha-thu Ta-tsi-sheng was succeeded by his adopted son U'-za-na, 

 son, as has already been stated, to the deposed king Kyau-tswa. U-za- 

 na's half brother Kyau-tswa, offspring of the marriage of his mother 

 Bwa-Tsau with king Thi-ha-thu, after a time began to intrigue 

 against him, and acquired great influence. He is said to have possessed 

 five white elephants, which is considered a sure sign of rightful 

 kingly power. U-za-na, however, reigned for twenty years and then 

 announced his wish to devote himself to religion. He abdicated the 

 throne by going out from the palace by the western gate, while his 

 half brother Kyau-tswa entered by the eastern gate. U'-za-na retired 

 to a monastery, and afterwards became a hermit in a forest of the 

 province of Mek-kha-ra. 



Kyau-tswa who took the name of Nga-tsi-sheng, from the five 

 white elephants he owned, ascended the throne in the year 704. 

 Jealous of the independent kingdom established by his half brother 

 A-theng-kha-ya Tsau-ywon at Tsa-gaing, he, before coming to the 

 throne, had tried to have him assassinated. The plan, however, failed, 



