A History of Assam c11.30

c11.30

Sukāphā was an enterprising and brave prince, and his treatment of the conquered Morāns and Borāhis was most judicious, but his fair fame is sullied by the brutal means he adopted to overawe the hostile Nāgas of the Pātkāi. The memory of his wanderings along the valley of the Dihing river is still preserved in various local names and traditions. Following the practice in his native country, Sukāphā appointed two great officers of State, known as the Bar Gohāin and the Burhā Gohāin, who exercised powers second only to those of the king himself.* It may be mentioned here that the Ahoms called Assam Mungdunsunkhām (country-full-garden-gold) or the country full of golden gardens.