A History of Assam c12.182

c12.182

In 1665 the Bānpara Nāgas were attacked by the Bānchāng Nāgas and, being worsted, invoked the assistance of the Ahoms. Their petition was granted and an expedition was sent. The Bānchāngias made a stubborn resistance, but in the end they were driven off. They returned as soon as the Ahom troops were withdrawn, and a fresh expedition was despatched. On this occasion they successfully resisted all attempts to take the fort which they had erected until cannon were brought up, when they fled. Their houses and granaries were destroyed and they then submitted.