A History of Assam c12.47

c12.47

with this object. Another embankment known as the Dopgarh was thrown up as a means of protection against Nāga raids, and no Nāga was permitted to cross it, unless accompanied by a peon or *kataki*. Pratāp Singh had also proposed to construct an embankment along the Kachāri frontier, but refrained, upon the representation of his nobles, who urged that his kingdom in this direction was a growing one, and that it was inadvisable to do anything which would tend to confine it within fixed limits.