Above 30,000 Birmans Laboured In The
Works Of The King Of Pegu, As That Was One Condition Of Their Vassalage.
The King Of Pegu Used Often To Visit These Labourers Attended Only By
His Women, Who Were Curious To See The Foreigners And The Great Works
That Were Carrying On.
The Birmans seized an opportunity on one of these
visits to murder the king, after which they plundered the women of every
thing they had of value, and fled to their own country.
As many of the
subjects of Dacha Rupi, who succeeded to, the kingdom of Pegu,
rebelled against him, Para Mandara king of the Birmans seized this
favourable opportunity to recover his independence and to enlarge the
bounds of his dominions. He accordingly reduced with astonishing
rapidity the kingdoms of the Lanjaoes, Laos, Jangomas, and others, who
like his own dominions were tributary to Pegu. By these means he
possessed himself of the whole ancient kingdom of Ava, which extends
to the length of two months of ordinary travelling, and contains 62
cities. To the north-east of this, at the distance of a months journey
is the kingdom of the Turks, containing as many cities, which the king
of Pegu had conquered from the king of Cathay. The kingdom of Bimir
is west from Ava, and is of similar extent, having 27 populous cities.
North of this is Lanjam, of equal size, with 38 cities and abounding
in gold and silver. On the east is the kingdom of Mamfrom, equally
large, but having only 8 cities.
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