Dhipaesyin

Dhipaesyin, or Tabayin, lies in the dry plain north of Shwebo. In the eighteenth century the district was caught in repeated raids from Manipur: in 1738 raiders destroyed monasteries, tanks and pagodas as far south as Tabayin. Burmese forces later gathered behind the town's defences. In 1752 the district helped supply Aung Zeya of Moksobo as he resisted the forces of Hanthawaddy. His victory began the rise of the Konbaung dynasty in Upper Burma.