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# A History of Assam c14.65

A History of Assam c14.65

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### [c14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c14.65)

∗ Previous to this time flint guns were not in use in Assam. There was, however, a plentiful supply of matchlocks. Captain Welsh found twenty thousand of these weapons at Gauhāti, but the officials had so neglected their duties that there were few who knew how to use them.

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