A History of Assam c11.78

c11.78

It is narrated that the wife of the late king Supimphā who had been sent by him to a Nāga chief, subsequently gave birth to a son named Senglung. Suhungmung, on seeing this youth, was struck by his high-bred appearance, and learning that his mother was already pregnant before Supimphā sent her away, he took him into favour, and created for him the new appointment of Barpātra Gohāin, which he made equal to those of the Bar Gohāin and the Burhā Gohāin. These two functionaries objected to the new appointment and refused to give up for it any of the men under their control. The king, however, overcame this difficulty by allotting to the Barpātra Gohāin, the Barāhis, Chutiyas and Morāns, who had not been placed under either of the other Gohāins. He then called a council of all the leading nobles, and, giving Senglung a seat between the Bar Gohāin and the Burhā Gohāin, publicly invested him with his new appointment and declared his rank to be equal to theirs.