A History of Assam c13.66

c13.66

Rām Singh refused to comply, whereupon Rudra Singh closed the market at Gobhā, on which the hill Jaintias were largely dependent for their supplies, and commenced collecting troops with a view to the invasion of their country as soon as possible after the close of the rains. A start was made at the beginning of December 1707. As in the case of the Kachāri war, he decided to despatch his troops by two different routes. The Bar Barua, with 43,000 men, was to march on Jaintiapur, *viâ* the Kopili valley and the Kachāri country, while the Bar Phukan with another force, the strength of which is not stated, was to proceed by the direct route through Gobhā and the Jaintia Hills.