The writer once interviewed a monk who came from the line of the Chiang Saen 4 rulers (and who claimed it was the line of the Mangrai dynasty 5). He spoke of matters which were passed on within the family about the time when King Kavila swept people down to Chiang Mai. 6 It was like all such
sweeps; most of the people could escape it. But later, when the Chiang Saen ruling family and the people who were swept down with them had established a settlement near Chiang Mai, the other people followed down in their wake.