The war also marked the arrival of China at the doorstep of Burma . The old Dali Kingdom , known to the Burmese as Gandalarit ( ဂန ္ တလရာဇ ် , after Gandhara Raj ) was now a Mongol Chinese province . ( The Burmese now called the new powers at Yunnan " Taruk " after the Turkic @-@ speaking soldiers of Yunnan . Over the years , the term Taruk came to be used to refer to the Han Chinese . Today , King Narathihapate is remembered as Taruk @-@ Pye Min , ( " the King who fled from the Taruk [ Chinese ] ) . ) From a geopolitical standpoint , the Mongol – Chinese presence in Yunnan pushed the Shan migrations in the direction of Burma ( and parts of the Khmer Empire ) . The raids by various Shan states into Upper Burma would continue until the mid @-@ 16th century .