A History of Assam c14.123

c14.123

The oppressions of the Burmese became more and more unbearable, and no one could be sure of his wealth or reputation, or even of his life. Not only did they rob everyone who had anything worth taking, but they wantonly burnt down villages, and even temples, violated the chastity of women, old and young alike, and put large numbers of innocent persons to death. In his *Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam* (London, 1855) Major J. Butler says that, in revenge for the opposition offered to their army at Gauhāti, the Burmese slaughtered a vast number of men, women and children. At Chotopotong:—