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whose mother was a Princess. The
Jett'a, Chiengmai
King of Luang P'rabang assented, with the probable
intention of uniting Chiengmai to the Luang P'rabang
dominions.
At the same time, the Prince of Hsenwi sent an army
to invade Chiengmai for the purpose of punishing Sen
Dao for the murder of King Miiang Kesa. Failing to
take the town of Miin Hoa the
Chiengmai, K'ien,
Hsenwi General, established himself at Lamp'un, and
despatched messengers to ask for the aid of King
P'rajai.
at once to invade
King P'rajai prepared Chiengmai
before he had his
territory ; completed preparations,
however, the notables opposed to Sen Dao came down
from Chiengsen, succeeded in entering the city of
Chiengmai, and at once executed Sen Dao and all his
chief adherents. They then set up a Princess, named
Maha Tewi, as Regent of Chiengmai, pending the
arrival of Prince from
Jai Jett'a Luang P'rabang.
King P'rajai arrived at Chiengmai in June A.D. 1545,
to find that the ostensible of his
only object expedition,
namely to remove Sen Dao, no longer existed. The
Princess Regent received the Siamese monarch in a
manner. He some time at
friendly spent Chiengmai,
and enjoyed a few days rest at Wieng Chet Lin, near
the stone In he returned
present quarries. September
to
Ayut'ia.
In the same a terrible fire occurred at
year Ayut'ia.
and were
Many temples public buildings destroyed,
with houses. that not more
together 10,050 Assuming
than one-third of the was and
city destroyed, allowing
five inmates to each house, we may conclude that Ayut'ia
contained over 150,000 inhabitants. It was, therefore,
a than the London of that
larger city period.