The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s3.94
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s3.94
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The Talaings had fled into Siam because they could not stand against Burmese vengeance. Thus, though there is some excuse for the king's failure to get levies from the Delta, there is none for his failure to get its rice, which could easily have been brought upstream. He needed that rice, for Kyaukse, the granary of upper Burma, was in the hands of the Chinese.