ABSTRACT
The Great Khan accepted the conquest of Burma that it was an accomplished fact, and for the two and a half centuries the princelets who ruled the various parts of Upper and even of Lower Burma usually held authority under the Chinese seal. Technically they were Chinese governors; actually they were the native chieftains who would have ruled there in any case, and they did as they pleased. Since the Nanchao barrier states were henceforth the Chinese province of Yunnan, the road lay open and there was no longer any impediment to communication with Burma. In 1229 they founded the Ahom kingdom of Assam along the Brahmaputra river, about the same time they made themselves felt in Tenasserim, in 1294 they raided north Arakan, and in 1350 they founded the kingdom of Siam—Siam is the same word as Shan, and she is simply the greatest of Shan states.
