SKETCH OF AllACAN. ' S65 



to become a Rauli (priest,) by Thyn Mori, a native of Itamree, who ruled 

 till 1144. On his death, Samada, son of his aunt, ascended the throne, 

 but in consequence of his bad Government, several attempts were made to 

 depose him, and a Chief named Syngdoway, formed a plan, in concert with 

 Saggya Toungza, the Meo-sugri of Ramree, to make the Government of 

 the country over to the Burmese. Chenguza, then King of Jva, rejected 

 their proposal on the plea of the unhealthiness of the climate of Aracan, 

 stating, that he did not wish to expose liis army to the pestilential effects of 

 that country. On the death of Chenguza, in the year 1145, and on Phado 

 Phura ascending the throne, Syngdoway and his colleague went privately to 

 Ava, and solicited his Golden Footed Majesty to take Araca7i and its depen- 

 dencies under his protection, upon which the King sent three of his sons, Hin- 

 say Meng, Fujay Meng, and Tongu Meng, with an army in three divisions, to 

 take possession of the country. The conspirator Syngdoway conducted the 

 main body into Aracan, by the Talak route ; Samada Raja, on hearing of the 

 approach of the Burmese, fled, and concealed himself on the island of MawaT/- 

 dong-doy near Ramree, leaving the fate of his kingdom in the hands of his, 

 minister Keo Baway, who opposed the invaders at the village of Kim, 

 about seven coss to the southward of the fort of Aracan : he was 

 worsted, and the Burmese got possession of the country. The divisions 

 under Pujay Meng and Tongu Meng entered the provinces by the routes 

 of Toungo and Sandoway : the Mugh Chief at Sandoway, by name KnEowAxf, 

 offered resistance, but not being able to oppose the Burmese, fled to Chota 

 Analc, on the Naf, where he was afterwards killed. The Surdar of Ramree, by 

 name Jagshi Meng Thatchyngri, having also been defeated, the Burmese 

 got possession of the kingdom. 



In 1146, when the Government of the Burmese had been firmly establish- 

 ed, Raja Samada was seized, and with his family, jewels, and treasure, and the 

 famous image of Godmah, conveyed to Ava. Nanda Bagyan, a Surdar, who 



