A History of Assam c11.19

c11.19

The usurper Khunlai ruled in Mungrimungrām for seventy years, and his son Tyāoāijeptyātphā for forty years. The latter is said to have founded the Aijepi era, which is still current amongst the Narās and Burmese. He died childless, whereupon Tyāokhunjan, of the line of Khunlung and Khunchu, sent one of his sons to fill the vacant throne. This prince ruled for twenty-five years. On his death his kingdom was divided, one son taking Mungrimungrām and the other Maulung on the Shueli river. The latter and his descendants ruled for three hundred and thirty-three years, when the line became extinct and another of Khunchu's descendants was elected king. One of his grandsons was Sukāphā, the founder of the Ahom kingdom in Assam; he had a dispute with one of his brothers, in consequence of which he left the country and, after stealing the Somdeo from the Raja of Mungkang, fled towards Assam.†