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The story of Emarald Lake
In the year 598 he (the king Kya-zwa of Bagan) dammed the water falling from the foot of Mt. Tuywin, and make a great lake. He filled it with the five kinds of lotus and caused all manner of birds, duck, sheldrake, crane, waterfowl and ruddy goose to take their joy and pasttime therein. Near the lake he laid out many ta ofcultivated fields; it is said he ate three crops a year. By the lake he built a pleasant royal lodge, and took delight in study seven times a day.
The Glass Palace Chronicle
Translated by Win Pe