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¹ Minhaj, pp. 263-65. On his way to Kamrup Yuzbak is reported to have crossed the Bagmati; this must refer either to the Karatoya or the Brahmaputra. See note 3, supra p. 77. Raverty asserts that the Kamrup capital was at Kamtapur, on the Darlah river, far to the west of Gauhati; Trans. Tab. Nas., p. 764, note. But the capital was not transferred from Gauhati till towards the end of the 13th century. See Barua: History of Kamrup, p. 199. Two coins of Yuzbak dated 653 were discovered at Gauhati; JASB, 1910, p. 261.