A History of Assam c13.35

c13.35

Gadādhar Singh died in February 1696, after a reign of fourteen years and-a-half. When he ascended the throne the kingly office was fast sinking into the low estate which it held amongst the later Marāthās, and the real authority was gradually being monopolized by the nobles; but in a very short time he effectually broke their power and vindicated the supreme authority of the monarch. At the time of his