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and retired to his own state. His son Tho-han-bwa now assumed 

 the title of king of Ava. His father persuaded Ran-noung, a nephew 

 of the late king's, and a Burmese noble of much experience and 

 ability, to become chief minister. The various provinces which still 

 remained, were placed under Burmese and Shan governors. Tho- 

 han-bwa, against the advice of his minister, desired to attack both 

 Toungu and Prome. The king of Prome, Tha-do-meng-tsau, had 

 died, and was succeeded by his son Bhu-reng Htwe. In the same 

 year also died Bi-ngya-ran, king of Pegu, and was succeeded by his 

 son, Thu-sheng-ta-ga-rwut-pi. 



In the year 892 died Meng-kyi-ngyo, king of Toung-u, who had 

 reigned there for forty-five years. He was succeeded by his son 

 Meng-ta-ra Shwe-hti', whose fortunes will hereafter be connected with 

 the Ava kingdom. 



In 894, Tsa-lun of Mo-nkyin, father to the king of Ava, marched 

 down with an army, and he and his son proceeded to Prome. Bhu- 

 reng Htwe, the king of that city, sent his family away towards Arakan, 

 and shut himself up in the city. He was unable to resist the large 

 force brought against him, and was taken prisoner and carried to 

 Ava. Tsalun carried him away towards Mo-nhyin ; but on the road, 

 he himself fell a victim to a conspiracy of the chiefs under him, and 

 Bhureng Htwe escaped. He returned to Prome. But there his son 

 had become king with the title of Na-ra-pa-ti ; and shut the gates 

 against him. He died in the adjoining forests of Na-weng. This 

 Na-ra-pa-ti of Prome had married a daughter of Shwe-nan-sheng 

 Na-ra-pa-ti of Ava. From this time until the year 900 (A. D. 1538), 

 Tho-han-bwa appears to have maintained himself without any 

 material alteration. 



In that year, the king of Toung-u, Meng-ta-ra Shwe-hti, attacked 

 the king of Pegu, who fled and took refuge with his brother-in-law, 

 the king of Prome. From this time the fortunes of the kings of 

 Ava, of Prome, and Pegu were inseparably connected, until they 

 were entirely overborne by the power of the king of Toung-u. 



The Ma-ha-Ra-dza-weng now proceeds to trace the history of that 

 hitherto obscure state. Toung-u is the name given to a district 

 lying about the middle of the course of the Poung-loung, a small 

 river, the basin of which lies between the Irawati and the Sal -win. 



