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dominions. The Governor of Kamp'engp'et was killed
in the but the town was not taken.
fighting,
In the second of the of
1375 P'itsanulok, capital King
was and a number of
Suk'ot'ai, captured, large prisoners
" "
swept away doubtless into slavery.
In 1376 another attempt was made to take Kam-
A Lao was sent down from
p'engp'et. army Chiengmai,
under a leader named T'ao P'a Kong, 1 to assist the
Governor of The Governor and the
Kamp'engp'et.
Lao General tried to lure the Siamese army into an
ambush, but failed, and were driven away with great
In of the town of
slaughter. spite this, Kamp'engp'et
was still able to resist, and remained untaken till the
next
year.
In was once more attacked.
1378 Kamp'engp'et
This time the King of Suk'ot'ai was himself present.
the of further he
Realising hopelessness resistance,
surrendered the and made submission to
city, King
Boromoraja.
This event marks the final extinction of the
independent
Kingdom of Suk'ot'ai. At the time of King Boromoraja's
accession Suk'ot'ai was but a shadow of the Kingdom
of King Ramk'amheng. Nevertheless, six invasions,
over a of were
extending period eight years, necessary
before final success was obtained by the southern
Kingdom.
The King of Suk'ot'ai, T'ammaraja II, was not
deposed, but was left to reign over a portion of his former
dominions as a vassal of with his at
Ayut'ia, capital
P'itsanulok. His descendants continued to there
reign
as vassal Kings for over seventy years more. The
western of the Suk'ot'ai
part dominions, including
was annexed to
Kamp'engp'et, Ayut'ia.
1 P'a Kong was the ancient name of Nan*