The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s3.69

v4.c23.s3.69

The country south of Martaban paid homage to Ayuthia. Burma was once more a series of petty states, held by princes of the royal house. The best was the prince of Āva; a son of Bayinnaung, he reduced upper Burma and the Shan States; he induced China to extradite the fugitive Bhamo *sawbwa*, and the Chinese themselves admit that after 1628 Burma sent no more "tribute" missions.¹ His son Anaukpetlun (1605–28), having the north on which to draw for levies, found little difficulty in annexing the depopulated land of lower Burma. In 1607 he took Prome. In 1610 he took Toungoo, carrying home to Āva the Ceylon Tooth and begging bowl, two-thirds of the cattle, and many people, including all who had been deported from Pegū, Prome and Āva.