[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937) › v4.c19.41 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.41 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.41 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.41) During the war of succession, when Bengal was depleted of soldiers and left without a governor, the Rājās of Cooch Behār and Assam had sent troops from the west and the east respectively to seize the Mughul district of Kāmrūp lying between their realms. The Muslim local officers had fled away from their charge, and the Āhoms had occupied Gauhātī and plundered the whole district, driving out the Cooch Behār forces. When the civil war ended, Mīr Jumla was appointed viceroy of Bengal (June, 1660), with orders to punish these rebel rajas. Leaving Dacca on 11 November, 1661, with an army of 12,000 horse and 30,000 foot, and a flotilla of 323 vessels of different classes, Mīr Jumla captured the capital of Cooch Behār (29 December) without a blow, as the raja and his officers had vacated it in terror. The kingdom was annexed to the Mūghul empire, and then the general set out (14 January, 1662) on the invasion of Assam. His men had to undergo unspeakable hardship in making their way through the dense jungle and across numberless streams, but all their sufferings were shared by their chief. The Āhom army offered a feeble resistance and kept retreating up the Brahmaputra, so that the imperialists captured the successive forts on the way—Jogīguphā, Gauhātī, Srīghāt, Pāndu, Beltalā, Kājali, Sāmdharā and Simlā-garh. In a naval battle fought on 13 March Mīr Jumla annihilated the enemy’s naval power, and finally on 17 March entered their deserted capital Garhgāon. The spoils taken were immense: 82 elephants, three hundred thousand rupees, 675 pieces of artillery, 1345 \*zambūraks\* (swivels), 6750 matchlocks, and 1000 odd boats, besides much gunpowder and paddy. - [Previous: v4.c19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.40) - [Next: v4.c19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.42) - [Up: v4.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.41) · Pramāṇa