A History of Assam c10.13

c10.13

At the time of Bisva Singh's death, his two eldest sons, Malla Deb and Sukladhvaj, were away at Benares, whither they had been sent to study under a learned Brāhman, and their brother Nar Singh, taking advantage of their absence, proclaimed himself king. As soon as the news reached them, Malla Deb and Sukladhvaj hastened home and, raising an army, defeated Nar Singh. He fled to Morang, the submontane tract west of Koch Bihār. On the Raja of that country refusing to give him up, his brothers marched against him and defeated him, whereupon Nar Singh fled again, first to Nepal and then to Kashmir. There are still in Koch Bihār some people called Morāngia who have a tradition that they were made over to Nar Nārāyan by the Raja of the Morang country.