A History of Assam c12.154

c12.154

"The Rajas of this country have always been self confident and proud by reason of the large number of their followers and attendants and the abundance of their property, treasure and armed force; and they have always maintained vast bodies of fighting men and mountain-like ferocious-looking elephants. The present king Jayadhvaj Singh, is surnamed Swargi Raja. The false belief of this fool is that one of his ancestors who ruled over heaven descended from thence by means of a golden ladder and undertook to administer this country; and as he found the land pleasant, he did not go back to heaven. In short, this insane fellow is more sunk in conceit and pride and more addicted to shedding blood and destroying lives than his ancestors. For a slight fault he would extirpate a whole family; on the least suspicion, he would kill a whole generation. As his wives bring forth daughters only and his successor in the kingdom will be no other than Infamy, he has not left any male child from among the grand children of his grand parents. Although he is attached to the Hindu religion, yet he considers himself to be one of the great incarnations of the Creator; he does not bow his head down in worship to any idol.