A History of Assam c17.41

c17.41

In 1824, when the Burmese were threatening an invasion, David Scott opened negotiations with this prince, but he was reluctant to compromise his independence by any engagements so long as this could be avoided. A letter was addressed by the British Political Officer to the Burmese forbidding them to enter Jaintia territory. They ignored this letter and called on the Raja to come in and make his submission, on the ground that he was a vassal of the Ahom kings to whose position they had succeeded. A party of Burmese soon afterwards appeared near the Jaintia frontier, but they withdrew on the arrival of a small British detachment to reinforce the Raja's troops. The subsequent events will be described in the general narrative of the Burmese war.