A History of Assam c12.171

c12.171

“ The city of Garhgāon has four gates of stone set in The Capital. mud, from each of which to the Raja’s palace, for a distance of three *kos*, an extremely strong, high and wide embankment (*āl*) has been constructed for the passage of men. Around the city, in the place of a wall, there is an encompassing bamboo plantation running continuously, two *kos* or more in width. But in the city the habitations are not regularly laid out. The houses of the inhabitants have been built in a scattered fashion within the bamboo grove, close to the *āl*, and every man’s orchard and plough-land are situated in front of his house, one end of the field touching the *āl* and the other the house. Near the Raja’s palace, on both banks of the Dikhu river, the houses are numerous and there is a narrow bazar-road. The only traders who sit in the bazar are betel-leaf sellers. It is not their practice to buy and sell articles of food in the market-place. The inhabitants store in their houses one year’s supply of food of all kinds, and are under no necessity to buy or sell any eatable.