A History of Assam c16.37

c16.37

On hearing of this, Tāmradhvaj sent word to Rām Singh that his aid was no longer needed, but the latter, perceiving, as he thought, an opportunity for adding the Kachāri country to his own dominions, secured Tāmradhvaj’s person by a stratagem and kept him a prisoner in Jaintiapur. Tāmradhvaj managed to send a letter to Rudra Singh, begging for forgiveness and imploring his assistance, and the latter, failing to obtain his release by peaceful means, despatched two armies to invade the Jaintia country. Jaintiapur was occupied, and, in April 1708, Tāmradhvaj was escorted *viâ* Maibong to Rudra Singh’s camp near Bishnāth. He was there received in a grand Darbar and, on