Burmese In Myanmar Burma Persons Group Profile
The wars fought by these two kings, King Tabinshwehti ( ) and King Bayinnaung ( ), had been lengthy in duration and exceedingly cruel. They succeeded in gaining control of the Mon kingdom in Lower Myanmar and the kingdom of Ava. They conquered all of what is right now Myanmar like the Shan states as far east as Chiang Mai, and created incursions into reduced Thailand and Yunnan where some kings paid tribute to the Myanmar court. The Sasanavamsa praises Thihathu, the youngest of three Shan brothers who wrested energy from the Pagan dynasty in Upper Myanmar, as a Buddhist...