The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s3.38
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s3.38
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v3.c29.s3.38
At the news of his death, the Burmese Delta garrisons fled in panic, and the war soon came to an end, for men were weary. Minhkaung, broken-hearted at his brave son’s death, spent his declining years in piety; the Ari-gyi-do-ahnwe (descendants of the great Ari) frequented his palace and drank there, sometimes to such excess that they had to be carried back to their monasteries.