A History of Assam c12.129

c12.129

He did not long survive the anxieties and hardships of the invasion, and, in November 1663, he was attacked by a serious disease, of which he died after an illness of only nine days. This king was very much under the influence of the Brāhmans, and, it is said, actually enrolled himself as the disciple of Nirañjan Bāpu, whom he established as the first Gosāin of the great Auniāti Sattra.* Hearing of the fame of Banamāli Gosāin of Koch Bihār, he sent for him, and gave him land for a Sattra at Jakhalābāndhā. At the instigation of the Brāhmans, he persecuted the Mahāpurushia sects and killed some of their leading members. His private life was far from reputable; and much scandal was caused by an intrigue with his chief queen's sister. He eventually, on the suggestion of his father-in-law, made her his wife, and subsequently caused her previous husband to be assassinated. He allowed himself to be ruled in everything by these two sisters, and whatever they did was law. He appointed their paternal uncle to be Phukan of Kājalimukh.