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fort, called Dwa-ra-wa-ti, which the king of Pegu came and attacked 

 with a large army. The chief of Toungu applied to the chief of 

 Tha-ra-wa-ti and also to Du-ti-ya Meng Khonng for assistance. But 

 before the aid could arrive, the Pegu army had been attacked and 

 defeated. The king of Ava no\v sent the Toungu chief all the 

 regalia in addition to the white umbrella before conferred upon him. 

 The king having bent to the circumstances of the time, preserved his 

 authority in a comparatively small extent of country round Ava, and 

 died.after a reign of twenty-one years in 863. 



His second son now ascended the throne with the title of Ma-ha- 

 Ra-dza-dhi-pa-ti and also Shwe-nan-sheng Na-ra-pa-ti. The state 

 of the kingdom is now admitted in the Ma-ha Pta-dza-weng to have 

 been desperate. The Tsau-bwa of Mo-nhyin attacked and took 

 possession of Mye-du. The king's brother-in-law, the governor of 

 Tsa-leng, having died, his widow married the son of the ruler of 

 Prome, who had taken the title of king, and they declared themselves 

 independent. The king, however, was able to re-establish his authority 

 there for a time. But he was now at open enmity with the chiefs or 

 kings of Prome and Toungu, and in the year 867, invited by two 

 inferior chiefs who were in rebellion, they sent forces to attack the 

 city of Tsa-le. The king quite helpless called in the Tsau-bwa of 

 U'n-boung to his assistance. The king also marched with the army, 

 and the rebel force with their allies was defeated. In the north, the 

 Tsau-bwa of Mo-nhyin took possession of the province of Ta-ba-yin, 

 but the king was able to recover it. In 869, three of the king's 

 brothers raised a rebellion at Pa-khan-gyi ; but they were defeated and 

 put to death. The Tsau-bwa of Mon-hyin, named Tsa-lun, had now 

 become very powerful. In the year 873, he attacked the Tsau-bwa 

 of U'n-boung, because he was friendly to the king. The place he 

 attacked was Ba-mau, which belonged to U'n-boung. The Tsau-bwa, 

 requested the king to attack Mye-du, which had a garrison of soldiers 

 in the service of the Mo-nhyin chief. But the fort was well defended 

 with muskets and jinjals, and the king could only blockade it at a 

 distance. While doing so, his troops were attacked by the chiefs of 

 Ka-le, Toung-dweng-kyoung and Meng-kheng, who had become 

 tributary to Mo-nhyin. The king's troops were entirely driven 

 away. For several years, king Na-ra-pa-ti was compelled to endure 



