A History of Assam c12.125

c12.125

The main body of the army marched down the south bank of the Brahmaputra as far as Singiri Parbat, where it crossed to the north bank. Mir Jumla himself travelled by *pālki* from Garhgāon to Lakhau, by boat from Lakhau to Koliābar, and from thence by *pālki* to Kājalimukh, a distance of eighty-four miles. His army does not appear to have been harassed in any way by the enemy,* but its plight must have been very wretched. The scribe of the expedition says that during the four days' march between Koliābar and Kājali, the soldiers lived on water, and their animals on grass. Mir Jumla rested a few days at Kājali, and while here (on the 7th February, 1663) the army was frightened by a terrible storm of thunder and lightning, followed by a severe earthquake, the shocks of which continued for half an hour. From Kājali a move was made to Gauhāti, where Rashid Khān was installed, against his will, as Faujdār.