The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.42

v4.c19.42

The Rājā of Assam and his nobles having fled far away to the hills, Mīr Jumla could not conclude any treaty with them, but decided to hold the country during the coming rainy season. The Āhom capital, containing all the artillery, elephants, stores and property of the Mūghul army, was occupied by a strong garrison, while the general himself went into quarters at Mathurāpur, a highly-lying village, seven miles south-east of it. Many outposts were set up for guarding the routes. The fleet could not sail up to Garhgāon, on account of the shallowness of the river near that city; it, therefore, anchored at Lakhau, some eighteen miles north-west. This was the fatal weakness of the imperialists’ position.