A History of Assam c16.24

c16.24

Soon afterwards Dhan Mānik died. Satrudaman thereupon released Jasa Mānik from captivity and made him king of Jaintia, but he appears to have insisted on being recognized as his overlord. Jasa Mānik resented this, but, being unable by himself to offer any effectual resistance to the Kachāris, he endeavoured to embroil them with the Ahom king, Pratāp Singh. He offered him his daughter in marriage on the condition that he should send to fetch her through the Kachāri country. The refusal of Satrudaman to permit the girl to be taken through his dominions led, as Jasa Mānik had hoped, to a war with the Ahoms. The Kachāri troops were defeated in the first encounter, but they subsequently surprised and destroyed the Ahom garrison at Rahā. Satrudaman celebrated his success by assuming the title Pratāp Nārāyan and changing the name of his capital from Maibong to Kirtipur. The Ahom king prepared to take his revenge, but at this juncture he heard rumours of an approaching Muhammadan invasion, and was fain to make peace. At this period the Kachāris were still in possession of the portion of the Nowgong district which lies to the south of Rahā.