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The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. XLIV, Part 1-2, 1956 - Khamkoo

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128 t'admcswur l~ogui<br />

1m!Januell can be accounted fnt· only by <strong>the</strong> exi:>teuce <strong>of</strong> friendly<br />

rcdati1mS bt.:tween <strong>the</strong> Lwo eunntries. Moreover, <strong>the</strong> destruction <strong>of</strong><br />

Pagan was a blessing tu <strong>the</strong> Mao ldngdom, enabling it to extenu it:><br />

inllueuee into Burma.<br />

JTrum long before Kublai Kl1au's invasion <strong>of</strong> 'l'a-li <strong>the</strong> 'l'hai<br />

tribes bad been rnigra ling to <strong>the</strong> sont.h, following t.he courses <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

great rivers like <strong>the</strong> 1\Iekong and <strong>the</strong> Menam Chao Phya, forming<br />

t:lettlements in ·what iH now <strong>Siam</strong> but what was <strong>the</strong>n part <strong>of</strong> t.he<br />

Klnnet· empire.<br />

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