A History of Assam c14.104

c14.104

The Burmese now occupied Jorhat; and the Bar Phukan, who was formally reinstated, became all powerful. He retained Chandrakānt as the nominal king, but relentlessly set himself to plunder and slay all the relations and adherents of the Burhā Gohāin. The Burmese were paid a large indemnity for the trouble and expense of the expedition, and, in April 1817, returned to their own country, taking with them for the royal harem a girl who had been palmed off on them as a daughter of the Ahom king.