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Nara Narayana. 
sequently he re-built the temple, but instead of making it of gold, 
he placed a gold coin between each brick. He brought Brahmans from 
Kannauj, Mitliila, Benares, &c., to perform religious ceremonies at this 
and other temples. Gunabhiram adds that in Visva Simlia's time 
Raiigalugarli was the eastern boundary of Koch Bihar. 
Taking advantage of the absence of Malla Deva and S'ukladhvaja, 
who had been sent to Benares to study under 
a hermit of the name of Bralimananda, Kara 
Simha seized the throne. News of this occurrence was sent to Malla 
Deva by his nurse, and he at once returned with S'ukladhvaja and 
defeated Nara Simha, who fled to the Morang country. Malla Deva and 
S'ukladhvaja defeated the Morang king, and Nara Simha fled to Nepal, but 
the king of Nepal was similarly defeated, and he then took refuge in 
Kasmira. Being unable to cross the passes Malla Deva gave up the 
pursuit and returned to his own country. The Vamsdvali says that Nara 
Simha subsequently became ruler of Bliotan, and that Pallavas, or local 
rulers were appointed by him. Their names were Dagar, whoso juris- 
diction lay in the east ; Tongsar in the south ; and Paro in the west. 
Three Jongpons are also mentioned as rulers over Tasirjim, Piirnakhata 
and Undipliera, respectively, and reference is also made to the “ great 
dewan of Dunerkal,” the ‘ lord of correspondence.’ 
liteturning to Malla Deva and S'ukladhvaja, it is stated that on their 
return Malla Deva became king and assumed the name of NaraNarayana. 
He made S'ukladhvaja his Yuvaraja, under the name of S'ilarai, the king 
of the kites. He at once began to turn his attention to the extension of 
his kingdom, andfirst of all, liedetermined to carry out the decision formed 
by his father to conquer the Alioms. Bearing in mind the cause of 
his father’s failure, he first of all arranged for the construction of a 
road as far as a place called Parasu Kuthar, and this task was entrusted 
to Gosain Kamala. The latter set to work with vigour, and at the end 
of a year had completed the road, and had also constructed tanks at re- 
gular intervals along it.* Nara Narayana then called in Hindu pandits 
and astrologers, and, after following the usual Hindu observances, pre- 
pared to start. But before doing so, he organized a Kachari dance on 
the banks of the Sankosh, and calling in the aid of a Shamanist, went 
through the aboriginal rites of his tribe, this leaning to his old tribal 
snperstitions being justified in the Vamsdvali by the statement that 
S'iva himself had directed him to observe them. He then started. One 
night he halted at Tamtumani, where twelve tribes brought him pre- 
* The remains of this road are still visible from North Lakhimpur ; the portion 
which runs through North Kamrup and the Mangaldai subdivision is still known as 
the Gosain Kamala Ali. 
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