ABSTRACT

Bureng Naung retires to Taungu—The last Talaing king—Bureng Naung conquers Pegu—Takes the city of Ava—Conquers the Shân states of the Upper Irâwadi—Subdues Zimmè—Religious measures—Invasion of Siam and capture of the capital—Operations in Zimmè—Rebellion in Pegu—Expedition to Laos; the queen taken prisoner—Second invasion of Siam—Bureng Naung marches into Laos without success—European travellers’ account of Pegu—Laos becomes tributary under a new king—Revolt of the Northern Shâns—A pseudo-relic received from Ceylon—Bureng Naung appoints his son to be tributary king of Zimmè—Preparations to invade Arakan—Death of Bureng Naung.