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The king returned without delay to the capital, but his army deserting 

 him, he was slain and his son proclaimed. 



The Tsi-tha-beng not long after sent the young king to the southern 

 extremity of the kingdom, and governed in his name ; but becoming 

 unpopular, he was after two years deposed, and killed by a noble 

 named Myin-tsaing-kyi. The latter in his turn became disliked, and 

 was obliged to fly to the Burmese dominions. The lawful king Ha- 

 dza-tku f was now restored in the year 759. 



He was succeeded by his younger brother Thing-ga-thu. This 

 prince after a reign of three years, was murdered by the chief priest of 

 the country, in a monastery, with the connivance of his nephew Meng- 

 tsau-mwun> who then succeeded to the throne in the year 766. 



Shortly after his accession, he committed an act of tyranny which 

 raised a rebellion against him, and this event caused a material change 

 in the relations of the kingdom. It was the occasion of the first loss 

 of its independence since the establishment of the second dynasty of 

 Dhi-ngya-wa-ti under Kan-Ra-dza-gyi, more than two thousand years 

 before. It was followed by internal dissensions throughout a long 

 and unhappy period, till exhausted by the struggles of contending 

 factions, the ancient kingdom of Arakan fell before the newly risen 

 fortunes of the successors of A-loung.phra, in the Burmese empire. 



MengMau-mmun forcibly gained possession of a lady named Tsau- 

 bo-ngyo, the sister of the chief called A-nan-thiu. The brother deter- 

 mined on revenge, went to the court of Ava, and applied for assistance 

 to dethrone the Arakanese king. The Burman monarch Meng. 

 tshwai, approving of the design, sent an army of 30,000 men under 

 his son, who attacked and gained possession of the city Loung-kyet, 

 on Sunday the 5th day of Nat-dau y in the year 768. Meng.tsau-mwun 

 fled to Bengal, the governor of Chittagong took from him his queen, 

 Tsau-mwesheng, on which the fugitive king went to Thu-raa-tan, 

 where the king received him with distinction. 



The Burmese now gained undisputed possession of the country, and 

 the king's son returning home, was appointed governor. A half brother 

 of Meng-tsau-mweri's called in the Talaings, who advanced with an 

 army of 50,000 men, and took the Burman governor prisoner. The 

 Burmans, however, returned in force the following year (770,) and re- 

 conquered the country. For several years, the Talaings and Burmans 



