A History of Assam c10.60

c10.60

The statement that Sukladhvaj was the Raja probably shows merely the extent to which the real power vested in him. There is, however, a tradition that, owing to the alleged discovery by his astrologers that he was under the influence of Saturn, Nar Nārāyan placed the conduct of affairs entirely in his brother's hands for a whole year and wandered about in disguise, and it may be that Ralph Fitch visited the country at this juncture. The story is not intrinsically improbable, and it has a counterpart in Ahom history in the case of Raja Sib Singh, who endeavoured to avert a similar omen by installing his Rānis in turn as the nominal rulers of his kingdom.