A History of Assam c11.79

c11.79

∗ A stone pillar has recently been found by Mr. O'Callaghan amongst the remains of what must once have been a town of some importance, on the bank of the Deopāni river, about seven miles north of Sadiya. This pillar (like the coins of the Ahom kings) is octagonal in shape, and bears an inscription in Ahom by the "Dihingia Bar Gohāin," confirming the Mishmis in the possession of the hills near the Dibong river on the payment by them of tribute, including four baskets of poison. The official in question was perhaps the Bar Gohāin of the Dihingia Raja; and if so, the inscription refers to the settlement made with the Mishmis when the country round Sadiya was first brought under Ahom rule. It may, however, refer to the later settlement effected with the Mishmis in the reign of Suklāmphā.