The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s3.59
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s3.59
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Rebellion at home compelled his son, Nandabayin (1581–99), to recall the expedition against Arakan. There was scarcely a year in which he was not campaigning from Mogaung in the north to Hmawbi in the south. He used his father's methods of terrible executions and wholesale conscription. Life was unbearable and men flocked to become monks, partly to seek religious consolation in their misery, partly to evade conscription.