A History of Assam c12.107

c12.107

It was the Nawab's intention to spend the rainy season at Lakhau, but three days' continuous downpour indicated an early commencement of the monsoon, and, as the captured elephants were not yet fully trained and could not be got to work properly, and without them it was impossible to transport in time the booty taken at Garhgāon, it was resolved instead to camp at Mathurapur, a village on high ground, seven miles south-east of Garhgāon. A garrison was left at the latter place under Mir Murtazā, who had orders to despatch the captured cannon and other booty to Dacca. Many outposts were established: north of Garhgāon at Rāmdāng and Trimohini, where the Dikhu falls into the Dihing; westwards at Gajpur and Dewalgaon on the way to Lakhau; southwards at Daspāni and Silpāni at the foot of the Tiru hills; and eastwards at Abhaypur, sixteen miles from Garhgāon on the Nāmrup side. A body of sturdy men from Oudh held the bank of the Dihing. From Lakhau westwards posts were established along the Brahmaputra all the way to Gauhāti.