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fetters those of lesser rank wore silver fetters. The
;
to be followed when a Prince was beaten to
procedure
death with a sandalwood club is likewise set
carefully
forth.
King Trailok had not been long upon the throne
before he was involved in a war with which
Chiengmai,
lasted, with intervals, throughout his whole reign.
The cause of this war was the dissatisfaction
probably
felt by some of the inhabitants of the former Kingdom
of Suk'ot'ai at the abolition of the of their
authority
own which had taken in the
Royal Family, place preceding
In Yut'it the Governor of
reign. 1451 P'ya T'ira,
1 determined to revolt the
Sawank'alok, against King
of Siam, and secretly applied to Maharaja Tilok of
Chiengmai for assistance, offering to become tributary
to him. The Maharaja at once seized this chance of
a blow at and an to the
dealing Siam, despatched army
south. The Lao army attacked Suk'ot'ai, but was
with loss. In a later
repulsed great engagement they
were more successful, but the King of Luang P'rabang,
who was at that time on bad terms with
very Maharaja
Tilok, seized the opportunity of invading the Chiengmai
dominions. The news of the incursion caused the Lao
army to retire.
A second had been sent to Kam-
Chiengmai army
That was and was annexed for
p'engp'et. city captured
a time to the dominions.
Chiengmai
During the next few years hostilities between Ayut'ia
and were The
1
Chiengmai perforce suspended. Maharaja
had his hands full with the Luang P'rabang war, and the
King of Siam was likewise occupied with other matters,
1 There has been much discussion as to the identity of the
P'ya Jalieng.
ancient town called Jalieng. It is, however, impossible to study the histories
of Siam and of Chiengmai at all carefully without coming to the conclusion that
Jalieng was identical with Sawauk'alok.