A History of Assam c18.10

c18.10

His troubles were not yet over. During the next fourteen years he was driven no less than four times into exile, but at last he seems to have made his peace with the Burmese; and from 1782 till the end of his reign, he was left in undisturbed possession of his devastated country. It quickly recovered from the troubles which it had undergone and, in 1792, we find Jai Singh marching to the aid of the Ahom king Gaurināth with five hundred horse and four thousand foot. This expedition, as shown in Chapter VIII, was by no means a success.