50 On the History of the Burma race. [No. 2, 



Ka-le-kye-toung-ngyo being deserted by most of his supporters, fled, 

 together with the queen Sheng-pho-may. Meng-nan-tsi therefore 

 now took possession of the palace in the year 788 (A. D. 1426). 

 The usurper who had fled, died in the jungles on the way to Arakan. 

 Queen Tsau-pho-may who had been consecrated queen in the time 

 of Meng Khoung returned, and was received back into the palace 

 with her former rank. 



The king assumed the title of Mo-nhyin-meng-ta-ra. He was 

 forty-seven years of age, when he came to the throne. Many of the 

 provinces gave him trouble by rising in rebellion, but he gradually 

 reduced them. The ruler of Toun-gu was Tsau-lu-theng-kka-ya. 

 Being invited by the king, he came to Ava with a large escort. The 

 king received him with great distinction, and they sat on one couch. 

 From this time the ruler of Toungu acted as if he were independent. 

 His younger brother was the governor of Poungday. He became 

 subordinate to the king of Pegu, and by that means was made go- 

 vernor of the province of Tha-ra-wa-ti. 



In the year 792, the ruler of Toungu and his brother of Poung- 

 day, induced the king of Pegu to undertake an expedition against 

 Prome. An army and fleet were sent under the command of Tha- 

 mein-pa-ran, who formerly, when a prisoner at Ava, fought and killed 

 the Chinese champion. King Mo-nhyin-meng-ta-ra desired to tem- 

 porize, and by the advice of his ministers sent a friendly message 

 to the king of Pegu with presents, and went down to Prome to meet 

 him. The two kings remained at some distance from Prome carrying 

 on negociations. In the mean time, the commander-in-chief, Tha- 

 mein-pa-ran, who had formerly known one of the Burmese chiefs, 

 Pta-dza-theng-gyan, used to go and see him. On one of these occa- 

 sions, Mo-nhyin-meng-ta-ra ordered him to be detained as a prisoner, 

 until the traitor governor of Poungday was delivered up. This was 

 at length agreed to, and the two kings concluded their negociation by 

 an agreement of friendship. A niece of the king of Ava also was 

 married to the king of Pegu. These events occupied several years. 

 King Mo-nhyin-meng, on his return to Ava in 799, attended to the 

 internal affairs of his kingdom. The reckoning of time was found to 

 be much deranged, and great affliction for the people of the country 

 was anticipated, unless the calender was reformed. The king knew 



