As head of the campaign, I, Prince Kyansittha, had broadcast to all and sundry that we came in peace; that all we wanted was to borrow the scriptures to present it to our people in the kingdom of Paukkan (Bagan). This was the express desire of my adoptive father, our illustrious King Anawrahta the Great; who was now an ardent Buddhist and disciple of the saint, Shin Arahan from Sri Lanka; the same teacher of the Mon king Manuhar.