A History of Assam c14.7

c14.7

The king fled panic stricken to Gauhāti, accompanied by most of his officers. The Burhā Gohāin Purnānand, with the Bar Barua and a few others, courageously remained behind and endeavoured to stem the tide of rebellion. On reaching Gauhāti, Gaurināth Singh found the Bar Phukan preparing to start to his assistance. He held a council, and despatched thirteen thousand men under the Pāni Phukan to reinforce the Burhā Gohāin, but, before they arrived, the Moāmariās had again defeated the royalists and taken possession of Garhgāon. They burnt down the palace and destroyed many of the neighbouring villages; and the common people, finding themselves unprotected, began to throw in their lot with the rebels.