A History of Assam c11.124

c11.124

In the following January, Chilārāi himself took the field, and advanced with a large force up the Brahmaputra, as far as the mouth of the Dikhu. In the battle that ensued the Ahoms were routed. The king with his nobles fled to Charāikharang in Nāmrup, while the Koches spread over the country and plundered the people in all directions. In some of the *Buranjis*, the ineffectual resistance offered to Chilārāi is accounted for by the statement that the Ahom king was greatly alarmed by an adverse omen. While he was bathing, a kite (Chila) carried off one of his ornaments which was lying on the bank, and this was interpreted as foreboding the success of Chilārāi, "the king of the kites." After his victory Chilārāi entered Garhgāon, the capital, and pitched his camp there.