The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c15.133

v1.c15.133

I have already referred to the migration of the Ahoms into Assam in the 13th century. It appears from their *Buranji*s that a section of the great Shan tribe left Maulung in the upper Irrawaddy valley about 1215 A.D. under the leadership of Sukāphā and established a small principality near the Dikho valley. Their power steadily increased, and by the year A.D. 1638, as we have seen, extended practically over the whole Brahmaputra valley up to Dhubri. From this time onwards they stood face to face with the Mughul emperors of Delhi but the latter never succeeded in conquering them. Even the brilliant campaign of Mīr Jumla was in the end but only a Pyrrhic victory. The Āhoms remained unconquered till the Burmese invasion in the 19th century.¹