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dent. It is well to enter these here to show the extent of territory 

 claimed, as having at one time formed part of the Empire of Pu-gan. 

 First come Ra-khaing and other countries and tribes to the westward. 

 Of the three Talaing divisions, Pegu was taken by the Governor with 

 the title of Ta-ra-bya ; Martaban was taken by Wa-ri-ru. The 

 countries of Yo-da-ya, Ta-neng-tha-ri, Thouk-ka-te, Pi-tha-louk, 

 La-gwon-thi-ma-akyau-maing-tsan, Leng-zeng, La-waik, Ywon or 

 Zim-me ; Gun, Guen or Kyaing-htun, Lu or Kaing-run, also on 

 the east of the Than-lwing river Maing-mau, Tse-khweng, Ho-tha, 

 La-tha, Mo-na, Tsanda, Mo-wun, Kaing-ma, Maing-myin ; all became 

 independent. The Tsaulon Shans on the west of the Thanlwing 

 river and of the three Talaing divisions the city of Bassein, still 

 remained to the "Burmese country. At this time there were, in the 

 kingdom, three brothers who were great favourites with the king. 

 They were the sons of a Shan Chief who had fled from his country 

 while it was disturbed, and had settled at Myin-tsaing during the 

 reign of Na-ra-thi-ha-pa-te. Their names were A-then-kha-ra, Ra- 

 dza-then-gyan, and Thi-ho-thii. The eldest received the district of 

 Myin-tsaing, the second that of Nek-kha-rd, and the third that of 

 Peng-lay. They exercised great authority. The chief Queen, being 

 offended that she was never consulted by the king, entered into a 

 conspiracy with the three brothers to dethrone Kyau-tswa. They had 

 built a fine monastery at Myin-tsaing, and the Queen persuaded the 

 king to go to the consecration of it. When there the three brothers 

 seized him and forced him to become a monk. This occurred in the 

 year 660, being A. D. 1298. 



After this, the Queen returned to Pu-gan. The three brothers 

 guarded the late king at Myin-tsaing, and ruled like kings. At Pu- 

 gan, the eldest son of Kyau-tswa, named Tsau-nhit w 7 as allowed to live 

 in the palace ; his younger brother Meng-sheng-tsau was made Governor 

 of the district of Tha-ret. In some histories it is said that Tsau-nhit 

 was merely permitted to live at Pu-gan, and that Thi-ha-thu the 

 youngest of the Shan brothers ruled there. These brothers were allied 

 to the royal family by the marriage of their sister to Prince Thi-ha- 

 thu, son of Na-ra-thi-ha-pa-te who had forced his father to take poison. 

 Their sister's daughter by that Prince was now married to Meng- 

 sheng-tsau and they lived at the city of Tha-ret. 



