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A HISTORT OF SIAM
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Suk'ot'ai having been disposed of, no impediment lay
in Siamese influence to the of
extending Kingdom
Lannat'ai (Chiengmai). No good opportunity arose,
however, until the last year of King Boromoraja's reign.
King Kii Na, 1 the ninth King of Chiengmai, died about
and was succeeded Sen
1387, by his son, Miiang Ma,
a lad of fourteen. He had an uncle, Prince P'rohm,
Governor of Chiengrai, who, needless to say, at once
to seize the throne. in his he
attempted Failing attempt,
for the aid of The latter
applied King Boromoraja.
was too to this of
only pleased grasp opportunity extending
his power ; he therefore espoused the cause of Prince
P'rohm and a Siamese to attack
despatched army
Chiengmai.
The young Lao King had made full preparations, and
had a force for the Siamese. A strenuous
large waiting
battle was at the of Sen near
fought village Sanuk,
Chiengmai, in which the Siamese were worsted. The
Siamese army then retired through Miiang Li.
In this battle a
Chiengmai Princess, Nang Mtlang,
herself an active in the
distinguished by taking part
a man's clothes and an
fighting, wearing riding elephant.
She was at that time well advanced in and
pregnancy,
after the battle birth to a who was
shortly gave son,
called Chao Kla Te T'ong (Prince Brave-from-the-
womb).
This first invasion of Chiengmai was not a very
successful one. Prince P'rohm his
relinquished hopes
of the throne of and became
mounting Chiengmai,
reconciled to the young King, his nephew, to whom
he a sacred of known
presented very image Buddha,
as the or which he had
P'rasingh P'rasihing,
1
This ruler built the beautiful Wat Sut'ep temple on the Doi Sut'ep mountain
near Chiengmai.