﻿iSo A DESCRIPTION 



checked the conquests, of the most victorious prin- 

 ces of Hindustan. The solution of the difficulties 

 attending a war against them, has baffled the pene- 

 tration of heroes who have been stiled Conquerors 

 of the World. Whenever an invading army has en- 

 tered their territories, the Asamians have covered 

 themselves in strong posts, and have distressed the 

 enemy by stratagems, surprises, and alarms, and by 

 cutting off their provisions. If these means have 

 failed, they have declined a battle in the field, but 

 have carried the peasants into the mountains, burnt 

 the grain, and left the country empty. But when 

 the rainy season has set in upon the advancing enemy, 

 they have watched their opportunity to make excur- 

 sions, and vent their rage ; the famished invaders 

 have either become their prisoners, or been put to 

 death. In this manner powerful and numerous armies 

 have been sunk in that whirlpool of destruction, and 

 not a soul has escaped. 



Formerly Husdin Shah, a king of Bengal, under- 

 took an expedition against -Asam, and carried with 

 h ; m a formidable force in cavalry, infantry, and boats. 

 The beginning of this invasion was crowned with 

 victory. He entered the country, and erected the 

 standard of superiority and conquest. The Raja 

 being unable to encounter him in the field, evacuated . 

 the plains, and retreated to the mountains. Has 

 left his son, with a large army, to keep possession of 

 the country, and returned to Bengal. The rainy 

 season commenced, and the roads were shut up by 

 the inundation. The Raja descended from the moun- 

 tains, surrounded the Bengal army, skirmished with 

 them, and cut off their provisions, till they were re- 

 duced to such straits, that they were all, in a short 

 time, either killed or made prisoners. 



