The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s4.39
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s4.39
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Meanwhile Alaungpaya had gone ahead by forced marches. Perhaps, as he lay in pain jolting along in his litter, he longed for the sights and sounds of home; but he was destined never to see them, for whether he knew it or not the hand of death was upon him. Early in May, 1760, he reached Kinyua in Bilin township, Thaton district, and there at dawn he died (11 May, 1760).