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and to preserve the religion of Buddha. He commanded them to 
build a city to protect them from the enemy, and to chuse the 
most worthy amongst them for their king. He also recommended 
them not to neglect the sacrifice of fire. After having instructed 
his nephews, the nisi retired to a large mountain called Phuldiao 
luang, where giving himself up to contemplation, he arrived at a 
high decree of sanctity. In the mean time the oldest Brahmin of 
the ten villages named* Bathamma raxa having assembled the head 
Brahmins of the ten villages, it was decided that they should build 
a city. They quickly applied themselves to the work, the city 
was surrounded by walls two fathoms high and six halfarms length 
broad, forming an enceinte of 2,000 fathoms long by 1,000 broad. 
The work lasted seven years. When the city was finished, they 
built in it pagodas for the priests of Buddha, and temples dedicated 
to Siva and to Vishnu. These labours being ended, the two rusi 
after having gone to offer their obeisances to Phra in Savanthera- 
lok (the god Indra), came to visit the new city, and gave to it the 
name of Savanthevalok in memory of the god Indra. They 
established the Bathamma raxa as king of the new city. He was 
the oldest chief of the ten villages. He took for wife a niece of 
Nang Mokhalin of the village of Hariphun xai; commenced to 
reign in the 500th year of Buddha, according to a prophecy of that 
god—(B. 0. 43.) 
The Rusi Saxxanalai then declared that he had hidden beneath 
the tree ton rang reng (the tree or nest of the vulture) a relique of 
the head and one of the fingers of Somanakhodom which he had 
himself cut at the time of the death of muni with another relique 
of the same, which he had received at the distribution made by 
the king Si thamma Sokaraxa (Sri dharma sokaraja)—that his 
nephews must go and seek for these reliques and place them in their 
new city. The rusi having given his final instructions to his 
nephews, rose into the air and retired to Phuphalidang where 
he died seven days afterwards. 
The king Si’thamniaraxa in obedience to the orders of the rusi, 
assembled the Brahmins, to search for these reliques and place 
them in the city. Five of the most skilful workmen were chosen 
to prepare the place destined to contain the reliques. When all 
was ready, the king and the Brahmins transported them with 
great pomp. The reliques were deposited upon a golden ship, 
which floated in a basin prepared for the purpose. The king 
constructed a phra thatu or sanctuary for these reliques ; and the 
priests of Buddha ever since have gone there and worshipped. 
In this manner the ten village brahmins, (Thasa khama ten villages) 
descendants of Nang sari phrahmani mother of Phra: saributr first 
disciple of Somanahkodam, came to be the city of Savanthevalok. 
The reliques of Phra: saributr were placed in a chedi to the north. 
Hari phunxoi otherwise Pancha maxa kliam (the five villages of 
|he middle) was inhabited by brahmins all descended from Nang 
