A History of Assam c22.10

c22.10

∗ Their raiding propensities were by no means new. In the days of Aurangzeb, Muhammad Kasim wrote: "The Daflas are entirely independent of the Assam Raja and plunder the country contiguous to their mountains whenever they find an opportunity." We have already seen, how frequently they came into collision with the Ahom troops. They appear to have meddled considerably in the internal affairs of the Ahoms during Gaurināth's reign, and in the narrative of Captain Welsh's expedition, we read that at Kaliābar Lieutenant Macgregor was introduced to the "principal men of the Daflas, who had elected the Bar Gohāin as their chief."