The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s2.34

v4.c23.s2.34

The fall of Chittagong caused indescribable rejoicing in Bengal and ended Arakan's century of greatness. The trackless Ganges delta afforded scope not only to the Arakanese but also to nests of pirates recruited from the scum of every race, and so they continued their sea raids. But never again did they hold Chittagong or even Rāmū, and they lost their sword arm by the desertion of the feringhis. Sandathudamma’s long reign saw the power of his race pass its zenith, and his death is followed by a century of chaos. There were twenty-five kings in the next hundred and nineteen years. The profits of piracy had gone but the piratical instinct remained, rendering government impossible.