A History of Assam c17.32

c17.32

The force proceeding *viâ* Khāspur was the first to arrive. Rām Singh had contemplated resistance, but was deterred on seeing the strength of the Ahom army, and prepared for flight. His nobles, however, who had all along opposed his policy in regard to the Kachāri king, would not permit him to escape and leave them to bear the brunt of the invasion; and they insisted on his surrendering himself to the Ahom general. The other Ahom army, under the Bar Phukan, after meeting with and overcoming a determined resistance, at a place some twenty miles within the hills, advanced steadily, and joined hands with the Bar Barua at Jaintiapur, leaving garrisons in eight fortified positions along the line of march.