A History of Assam c13.116

c13.116

In November 1768 a second force was despatched by way of Rahā, and the Kachāri country. The main body halted at Rahā, and a force of ten thousand men accompanied Jai Singh as far as the Mirāp river, where it remained until Jai Singh raised a force of Nāgas and drove out the usurper Kelemba, who had been placed on the Manipur throne by the Burmese.* He subsequently sent valuable presents to Rājesvar Singh and gave him a daughter in marriage. A number of Manipuris who accompanied her were settled near the mouth of the Desoi at Magaluhāt, or “the Manipuri market.”