296 Translation of an inscription on a Bell, fyc. [April, 



his life, he therefore vowed that should he be delivered from the ruin 

 that threatened him, he would become a charitable donor to religious 

 establishments ; then having mounted his elepliant Airaivon, he assem- 

 bled his generals, and set his troops in battle order: — the two armies 

 being now engaged, the king of Pegu riding upon his elephant Vopan- 

 tatha, was charged by the monarch of Martaban, seated upon the 

 elephant A irawon ; the tusks of the former being broken in the encoun- 

 ter, he was unable to sustain the fight, but turned and fled, upon which 

 the army of Pegu was defeated and the nobles and generals destroyed. 



The king of Mar tab an having proclaimed his victory, took possession 

 of Threehenthaivuddee and the four Tannees* ( ) which it 



contained. These four Tannees were called Yadzatannee, By dza tan- 

 nee, Yattatannee and Yougatannee ; among them Yadzatannee was the 

 most excellent : of the highest order, and possessed of power and great- 

 ness. Bydzatannee had superior wisdom and knowledge ; Yattatannee 

 had the seven kinds of precious gems, and Yougatannee was careless of 

 life and excelled in bravery. Having taken Threehenthawuddee, and 

 banished the evil doers, he ruled over the country in peace. The nobles, 

 chiefs and military officers represented that the property of the tem- 

 ples, of the libraries, and of the monasteries, was not in accordance 

 with the established system, that like a hot iron it consumed every 

 thing near it, and that it should be conveyed out of the country : it was 

 accordingly scattered abroad. 



The inhabitants of the whole earth enjoyed the light of his wise 

 administration of the laws. In like manner as the stars are illumined 

 by the brightness of the full moon, so the king desired to see his nobles 

 and warriors, and his subjects, in number more than a hundred thou- 

 sand, increase their riches in proportion to his own prosperity. The 

 king by means of his ten royal virtues, increased in benevolence ; he 

 instructed his people according to the ancient rules and customs-!-, and 

 would not suffer them to act wickedly. He governed Threehentha- 

 ivuddee, after the manner of former times. Sometimes during the 

 season Ganthayedda, when the king reclined upon the royal couchj 

 and pleasure filled his breast, he reflected upon the just laws of the 

 world, and thought it would be right to erect a statue of the deity in the 



* Tannee, is the Sanskrit dhdni, the abode of, and these four names are 

 epithets or descriptions of the Pegu kingdom, not separate provinces. 



t The text has, ' like Yama he repressed the wicked/ And further on 

 ' like Chandra he shone among the planets of his court.* 



X The text has, ' in the cool season or ritu' 



