 The tables were turned in 1758 after King Alaungpaya ascended the Burmese throne and invaded Manipur.Descendants from Portuguese captives (or "Bayingyi"), taken by King Anaukpetlun after defeating the adventurer Philip de Brito and settled in the area in the 17th century, still keep their Roman Catholic faith.And to this day their ancestry is discernible from their features.