The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s4.23

v4.c23.s4.23

He burnt the palace and razed the city wall. He made a desert and called it peace. For the Talaings it was the peace of the grave, and this is the end of them in Burma. Such as were not enslaved periodically migrated to Siam, where they rose to high office and furnished some of the best troops. Such as remained in Burma were prone to rebel, and whenever they dared to raise a head it was at once chopped off; they grew fewer and subsided, and their land relapsed into jungle.