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of the lord Gautama. A fourth time Gautama seeing inevitable 

 punishment due to the demerit of the Sakee Princes forbade him not. 

 The Tha-kee race of Kap-pi-la-wot of which Maha-na-ma was then 

 king was either destroyed, or dispersed among the neighbouring 

 states of Maure-ya and We-dee-tha gi-ra-dza. Thus was that great 

 country of Kap-pi-la-wot twice destroyed ; once in the time of king 

 Kau-le-ya, and once in the time of king Mahti-na-ma. 



At the time of this last destruction, one of the Tha-kee Princes 

 named Daza Madza left Mits-tshee-ma-de-tha with many followers? 

 and first established himself at Mau-re-ya* called also Mau-ringa, and 

 now Mwe-yeng. From thence he removed and established himself in 

 the country of Theng-d&vai. From thence he removed to Male where 

 he met the Queen J^a-ga-tshein, and as they were of the same Tha- 

 kee-ya race they were married. They then, built the city of upper 

 Pugan. There a son named Wee-ra-ga was born to them. They 

 once more removed to the ancient capital of the Tha-kee race of kings 

 called Ta-goung or Theng-ga-tha-ra-ta and called it ~Pin-tsa-la-reet 9 

 and hence the country is also called Pin-tsa-ta-goung. This king 

 established regular government. By his two chief Queens he had 

 twenty sons and twenty daughters, and the sons married their half 

 sisters. 



To this king there succeeded seventeen kings in regular succession, 

 but their reigns were very short. The last of them was named Tha* 

 do-md-hd-radza. This king had no son. The chief Queen Kein 

 na-ree De-wee had a brother named La-M-doo-hd and he was ap- 

 pointed Ein-She-men or Crown Prince. 



At that time in the country of the Pyoo tribe the race of kings 

 descended from Moo-doo-tseit-ta the son of Kan Badza gyee, as above 

 related, was represented by Tap-loo-la, He was disturbed by attacks 

 from Dhi-ngya-wa-tee or Arakan, and went with his people to the 

 Tha-gya lake. 



"As then we have related the first dawning of the Burmese coun- 

 try of Ta-goung before the lord Gautama appeared, now we shall 

 proceed to narrate the history of Tha-re-khet-ta-ya.f 



* By this name is meant the country west of the Khyeng-dweng river now 

 called the Knbo valley. 



t This is the name of the ancient city to the east of Prome, It appears to 

 reter to the Khatri or Kajpoot caste. 



