A History of Assam c23.15

c23.15

∗ The necessity for some such action had long been recognized; and in the treaty made with Purandar Singh, when he was installed as Raja of Upper Assam, it was stipulated that he should adopt all preventive measures that might be taken in British territory, "it being notorious that the quantity of opium produced in Assam is the cause of many miseries to the inhabitants."