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A HISTORT OF SUM
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         Burmese  army  sent  against  him in  1728,  and was after-
         wards crowned as Prince of    Chiengmai.    Chiengmai,
         which had been under Burmese rule ever since
                                                           1556,
         maintained a  precarious independence   from  1728  till
         1763, though  much disturbed   by  internal strife  during
         most of that
                      period.
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