[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.c19.43 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.43 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.43 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.43) During the rainy season, from May to October, the country was flooded, the movement of troops by land became impossible, the imperial outposts were isolated, and the Mughal army in Assam had to live in a state of siege. No provisions or news could come from Bengal or from the fleet, as the gun-boats were too heavy to navigate the shallow river near Garhgāon and the roads were submerged. For lack of proper food, cavalry horses and draught cattle perished by the thousand. On 20 May the Āhoms captured the outposts at Gajpur and thus cut off communications between the Mūghul army and navy. Around Garhgāon they concentrated and kept the garrison in perpetual alarm by attacks almost every night. Several assaults in force were delivered, and in one of them the bamboo fence of the fort was pierced and half the enclosure seized. - [Previous: v4.c19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.42) - [Next: v4.c19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.44) - [Up: v4.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.43) · Pramāṇa