The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXIV, Part 1-2, 1976 - Khamkoo

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The next story is that of buddhagho~acary of sudharrmavati (Thaton)
011 the west bank of the mae gah (Salween) who, in the 949th year of the
buddhist religion, brought the 84,000 parts of the dharma from Ceylon
to sudharrmavati, haizfavati (Pegu), bhukam (Pagan) and on to mo'ah
yonaka where he also placed relics in various sanctuaries.2s
Then, after a couple of reign changes, there is the story of a king
of Sudharrmavati who invaded the recently established city of Jaiyaprakitra.
An astrologer told its king that the city was fated to disappear,
so, rather than be conquered, the king and the whole population evacuated
the city. This occurred in the year 366 of the new, presumably !aka
era, and when, l!ccording to PP part 61 and Notton, the Buddhist era
had reached 1000 [riu] years. However, BE 1000 should correspond to
.Saka 378. Manit ·has emended w"'u to vfu ("go beyond, elapse"), pro-
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