A History of Assam c11.129

c11.129

In January 1563 a Dhekeri Raja invaded the country, accompanied by two sons of the Ahom Dekā Raja, or heir-apparent, who had rebelled and gone to him for protection. He was attacked and defeated at Murābhagā, and fled in a boat, leaving his elephants, weapons, etc., to be captured by the Ahoms. The heads of the slain were piled up in heaps at Kāhikusi and Nārāyanpur. One of the sons of the Dekā Raja was killed in the battle, and the other was taken prisoner and put to death. It is not clear who this Dhekeri Raja was. His name is variously given as Pamān, Parān, and Thikmān. The term Dhekeri (awkward) is now applied to the Assamese of Mangaldai and the Nowgong Chāpari, but, at the period in question, the term appears to have been used to designate the inhabitants of the latter tract only.