The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s4.50

v4.c23.s4.50

Gradually they swept over the whole country, burning the towns and making the chiefs drink the water of allegiance. Such of the population as had not stampeded eastward ran a risk of having to contribute to the heads which the Burmese hacked off and piled up in great heaps¹ under the walls of the towns they besieged, in order to terrify the defenders. They were sometimes besieged themselves, for the Ayuthia armies came out and pressed them, trying hard to prevent their effecting a junction.