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and in a battle which took place, the Shan-Burman army suffered a complete 
defeat. After this, the kingdom had peace for some years. But the two 
sons of Tarabya, who were kept in the palace, conspired against Wa-re-ru, 
and put him to death. They, however, had no supporters, and were obliged 
to fly. They took refuge in a monastery, but were dragged forth and killed. 
Their bodies were brought and laid at the feet of the king’s body, and the 
three were burnt together. King Wareru died thus in the year 668, after a 
reign of nineteen years. 
He was succeeded by his brother Khun-lau, whose first care was to soli¬ 
cit recognition of his title from the king of Siam. This was granted, and the 
regalia were forwarded to him with a suitable title. Not long after this, 
the king of Zimme attacked Dunwun, a city on the east side of the Tsit- 
taung river, and plundered it. The king took no measures to defend His 
territory, and seeing that he was a man of no capacity and careless of the 
honour of his country, Meng Bala, who was married to his sister, conspired 
against him. He was persuaded to go out in the forest, under pretence of 
entrapping a wild elephant said to have three tusks. Having inveigled him 
into the thick depths of the forest, he was put to death after a reign of four 
years. 
Meng Bala at first intended to seize the throne himself, but by the 
prudent advice of his wife, he made their eldest son, Dzau-au, king. The 
young king was married to a daughter of the king of Siam. But notwith¬ 
standing this alliance, he before long was involved in hostilities with La-bun, 
a small Shan state then tributary to Siam. He sent a force and occupied 
it in the year 682. In the following year, he marched an army under Khun- 
meng as Commander-in-Chief to take Dhawe (Tavoy). The city having 
surrendered, the general marched on to Tanengtliari (Tenasserim), which he 
took without difficulty. He left garrisons and governors in both those cities, 
and then returned to Muttama with the remainder of his army. During 
the reign of Dzau-au, the country was prosperous. But the king’s life was 
short, and he died after a reign of thirteen years. The kingdom of Mutta¬ 
ma which included Pegu, had now become independent of Siam, and from 
the still disturbed state of Burma, it had nothing to fear from that country. 
But in this reign first commenced the quarrel between Pegu and Siam, which 
in long after years led to wars, terribly destructive to life, and which have 
been the main cause of the present depopulation of the country. The quar¬ 
rel was continued, when Burma succeeded by conquest to the rights of Pegu, 
and lasted down to the early part of the present century. 
The successor of Dzau-du was his brother, Dzau-dzip, who, at his conse¬ 
cration, assumed the title of Binyaranda. This king, after consulting with 
his nobles, determined to change the seat of government to Hanthawati. 
He went there in great state leaving a governor and a sufficient garrison at 
