The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s3.63

v4.c23.s3.63

Nandabayin might have held the rest of his kingdom, but it was Ayuthia that ruined him. She found a leader in the famous prince Pra Naret. Year after year Nandabayin led his men into Siam; each incursion further reduced his remaining man-power but none succeeded in taking Ayuthia. He could never raise 25,000 men—a mere third of the number his father had led—and these were too few to surround Ayuthia, so that instead of the besieged it was the besiegers who starved. In 1593 his son was killed in hand-to-hand combat with Pra Naret; the Burmese fled in panic at the sight and were once more cut to pieces in a long and terrible retreat. After that there were no men left to invade Siam; indeed it is Ayuthia which invades Pegū.¹