History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c41.s9.6

v3.c41.s9.6

† Their desire to escape from Assam was sharpened by the news that owing to a famine in Dacca no grain could be expected from Bengal, and that even the fleet at Lakhau had been put on reduced rations and the sailors were despondent. (Fathiyah, 149).