On the history of the Burmah Race. 



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1864.] 



time the race became known as the Tha-Jcya-tha-kee race of Kap-pi- 

 la-wot. 



Begarding the origin of the Kau-le-ya Princes, the elder of these 

 four brothers named Auk-Jca-mok-kha, and the others, had put aside 

 their elder sister Bee-yd as a mother. She was afflicted with leprosy, 

 or a similar disease, and they determined to place her apart in a 

 secluded spot They had her conveyed to a cave with a dwelling 

 covered by branches of trees, and she was left there. At that time, 

 in Bara-na-thee, there reigned Bdma, the son of Brah-ma-dat. He 

 being afflicted with leprosy, gave over his kingdom to his eldest son, 

 and went into the forest in search of herbs to cure himself. He 

 established himself in a hollow tree, and before long, was by the use of 

 herbs restored to health. Not far from this, was the place where the 

 Princess Pee-yd was shut up. One day the Princess, being alarmed 

 by a tiger, cried aloud, and king Bdma heard her. He came to the 

 place, made himself known, and they were married. The Princess 

 bore thirty-two sons, who were instructed by their father in all the 

 accomplishments fit for Princes When the king of Bara-na-thee 

 heard what had happened, he offered to resign the kingdom to his 

 father Bdma, But Bdma refused saying, " Here leaving my Ka- 

 lan tree, I have built a city," and from that, the city came to be called 

 Kau-la-na-ga-rd and thence Kau-le-ya. When the sons of king Bdma 

 and queen Pee-yd had grown up, their mother said thus to them • 

 " The Princes of the Tha-kee race of Kap-pi-la-wot are your uncles ; 

 their daughters are fond of dress and perfumes ; when they come to 

 bathe in the river Bau-ha-nee* you go to the river bank and seeing 

 your comeliness they will love you." Their mother having said thus? 

 the sons went to the river bank, and when the Tha-kee Princesses were 

 drying their hair after bathing, they listened to the words of the 

 Princes and followed them. When the Tha-kee Princes heard this, 

 as the race of the young men was not different, they acquiesced. Thus 

 commencing with king Bdma and queen Pee-yd, the Kau-le-ya tribe 

 originated. 



The Bewd-da~hd kings began thus. The Tha-kee Princes of Kap- 



pi-la^wot had a small lake where they built a pleasure-house. When 



the country increased the place was called Dewd-da-hd. The Prince 



who lived there was called the Tha-kee Prince of Dewd-da-hd. So the 



* This appears to be the Rohini, one of the feeders of the Bapti 



