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volunteered his aid against his uncle : when they arrived at the village of 

 Parendyng, in Aracan, Bay Bay WtJN remained to fast and pray for three 

 days, and entreated the gods, that if it was decreed he should become the 

 Raja of Aracan, and be permitted to revenge his father's death, they would 

 send him three armed boats from the invisible world : on the third day his 

 prayers were attended to, and the war boats appeared ; but he was instructed, 

 first to attack the King of Ava^ and then march against his uncle. Having 

 worsted the King of Ava^ who retired to his own kingdom, he advanced to- 

 wards the capital. Amra Te fell sick and died in 392, after a reign of only 

 five years. Bay Bay Wt5n held the reins of government undisturbed, till the 

 year 405, when Anwaro Tungza, King of Ava, to revenge the defeat of Stj 

 Bhung Phu, invaded Aracan with a large army, and having defeated Bay Bay 

 WuN, in a pitched battle, compelled him to retire to Phosani Kang, where 

 lie recruited his forces, and renewed the contest ; and, after various engage- 

 ments, succeeded in recovering the western half of his kingdom : the Bur- 

 mese holding the eastern. During this divided rule, there appear to have been 

 continual disputes, which lasted till the year 423, when Kamang Tadong (the 

 son of King Thala Chanda, who was drowned in returning from China), came 

 from the hills of Wyli, near Giirjenia, where he had been long secreted, with 

 an army of Jlnims, and attacked, defeated, and killed the Burmese Raja : about 

 this time Bay Bay Wt5N died, and Namong Tadong became Raja, and held 

 his Court in the city of Chamholao till the year 438, when he died, upon which, 

 the Minister raised a descendant of the ancient Rajas, by name Kadu San, 

 to the throne, and he ruled till the year 443: his immediate successors were as 

 follows : 



Chanda San, brother of the late Raja, who reigned till the year 449 

 Manik Ran GFRfj, son of Chanda San ,., ... ... 459 



He was succeeded by his son Maha SfTRfv, who reigned till the year 

 462, when his brother StJrin obtained the sovereignty, and ruled till 464 : 



