A History of Assam c8.46

c8.46

∗ Even the usurper Bharath Singh who was set up by the Moāmarias at Rangpur during Gaurināth Singh's disastrous reign called himself a descendant of Bhagadatta. † There are many western instances of the same kind. Romulus and Remus were said to be descended from Mars, and Alexander the Great from Zeus Ammon. ‡ Ind. Ant., Vol. XV, page 308. It may be noted that the assertions made in the copper-plates as to the wide extent of the territories ruled by the kings of Kāmarupa have their counterpart in the claims of other rulers to the conquest or overlordship of Kāmarupa. See, for instance, the Allahabad inscription of Samudra-gupta. (Fleet, Corpus, Inscrip. Ind., Vol. III, page 14.)