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E. A. Gait — The Koch Kings of Kamarupa. 
Mali endi’ a Narayana, Gajendra Narayana, Prana Narayana, Jaya Nara- 
yana, Kshobha Narayana, and Rama Chandra.* 
The next king to be mentioned is Arimatta, ’who ruled the country 
on the south bank of the Brahmaputra from 
Arimatta. the neighbourhood of Gauhati, as far as Balia 
in Nowgong. He is said to have been born of a princess of the house 
of Rama Chandra, f who was raped by the Brahmaputra river. Ac- 
cording to the Vams'dvali of Prasiddha Narayana, Arimatta ruled at 
Baidargarh until 1160 S'ak. (A. D. 1238. )J 
His son Jaiigal Balaliu was a mighty warrior, and and was 
engaged in constant feuds with the Kachan 
Jangal Balaliu. and Jaintia Rajas. The ruins of a fort said to 
have been built by him are still visible in Sahari Mauza, near Nowgong. 
He eventually made peace with the Kachan Raja, and married his 
daughter, but hostilities again broke out and he was defeated. He fled 
covered with wounds, and was drowned in the Kallang river. 
Pour kings, named Mimahg, Gajahg, Sribaiig and Mrigang are men- 
tioned by Gunabliiram as having reigned for 
Mimang, Mrigang, &c. 200 years at Loliityapur in Kamarupa, and as 
having been succeeded by Phengua Raja. In Prasiddha Narayana s 
Vamsitvali , on the other hand, it is said that Naraiig and Mrigang were 
son and grandson of Arimatta, and that the latter being very pious made 
over his kingdom to Jaya Simha, a learned Brahman of Darrang. But 
these accounts are so vague and uncertain that it seems to be useless to 
try to reconcile them or to construct a connected history from them. 
The Pala rulers still remain to be mentioned. There is no doubt 
that kings of this name at one time possessed 
Pala dynasty. great power in the country, but our informa- 
tion regarding them is very meagre. Rai Gunabliiram Barua in his 
# So Gunabhirnm and an old chronicle in the possession o a Brnhman, to 
which reference was made by General Jenkins in the J. A. S. B., IX., p. 766. 
Prasiddha NarHyana’s Vamsdvali says that Rama Chandra was 14th in descent from 
Jitnri. Hannay (J. A. S. B. 1818, p. 464) identified JitSri with Dharma Pala, and 
says that his 'kingdom was in Central Assam and that the dynasty became extinct 
with Raja Sukrahka in 1478 A. D. He quotes no authority for these statements. 
+ So the VammvaU of Prasiddha Narayana. Gunabliiram says that the prill- 
cess was of the Nagakhya line. 
j The so-called Dimuria Raja in Kamrup claims to he descended from 
Arimatta, and will not touch the Ari fish in consequence. Baidargarh is near Betna 
in Kamrup. Gunabliiram says that local tradition ascribes its erection to Phengua 
Raja. Traditions regarding Arimatta' and his son are still current amongst the 
people, and their history is said to be narrated in an old puthi (now very rare) which 
I have not yet succeeded in obtaining. 
