A History of Assam c12.111

c12.111

With the progress of the rains, Mir Jumlah found it more and more difficult to maintain his outposts, and they were withdrawn to Garhgāon and Mathurapur. These places alone remained in his hands. All the rest of the country was re-occupied by the Ahoms, and Jayadhvaj Singh returned from Nāmrup to Solagari, only four stages distant from Garhgāon. Even Garhgāon and Mathurapur were so closely invested that, if a man ventured to leave the camp, he was certain to be shot.