The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s4.21

v4.c23.s4.21

Then, in May, 1757, Alaungpaya proceeded to storm the city and massacre the people. When the sack had subsided he made a state entry, gleaming aloft on his elephant, through the Mohnyin gate in the south wall, surrounded by ministers, his Guards and his French gunners. He returned solemn thanks at the Shwemawdaw pagoda and appointed governors to the conquered districts. He granted reasonable treatment to the fallen royal family; he sold the surviving population as slaves; and saying it was they who had led the city's resistance, he flung hundreds of Talaing monks¹ to the elephants.