A History of Assam c13.79

c13.79

They destroyed, however, a number of villages round Nartung and took many head of cattle. Meanwhile, news of the rising had reached the Bar Phukan and Bar Barua at Jaintiapur, and they despatched a force to relieve two garrisons in the south of the Jaintia Hills. This operation was successfully performed, but, as the rainy season was now approaching and it was thought dangerous to pass it in a hostile country, both these officers agreed to retreat at once to Gobhā. Before departing, a thousand inhabitants of Jaintia were put to the sword, and Jaintiapur and all the surrounding villages were destroyed. The exasperated Jaintias attacked the Ahoms both at Jaintiapur and at Mulāgul, but were driven off. The troops then marched back by the route by which the Bar Phukan had advanced and reached Gobhā without molestation.