Lai Hka

Lai Hka was a Shan principality on the plateau west of the Salween, where cultivated valleys lie among the wooded hills. Its hereditary rulers governed a country of small settlements and maintained relations with the Burmese kings. Under the Konbaung dynasty, the rulers of Lai Hka received the rank and insignia of saopha from the Burmese sovereign, expressing their place among the princes of the Shan highlands.