A History of Assam c14.61

c14.61

The greatest confusion ensued, and the grip of the central administration on the outlying provinces was seriously weakened. At Gauhāti a Bengali mercenary, named Hajāra Singh, held the post of Bar Phukan at his disposal. He sold it to one candidate for ten thousand rupees, and then supplanted him in favour of another, who bid sixty thousand rupees. The latter is reputed to have raised the wherewithal for payment by despoiling the Kāmākhyā, Hājo and other temples of their gold and silver utensils. Hajāra Singh was at length defeated and killed by some mercenaries brought up from Bengal.