300 E. A. Gait— The Koch Kings of Kdmariipa. [No. 4, 
Tlie Musalmans then tried to force their way through the enemy, but 
were all cut up in the attempt. 
In the meantime, Parikshit’s son Chandra Narayana, who had estab- 
lished himself with 6,000 or 7,000 Ahoms and Koches at Karaibari, was 
attacked by the troops left at Shag-hat and forced to retreat to pargana 
Solmari. He was killed shortly afterwards. The Musalmans then 
marched to Dhubx-x where they found and arrested Sattrajit, who -was 
subsequently executed for his treachery, and thence proceeded to Jogi- 
ghopa, at which place as well as at Hirapur on the opposite bank of 
the Brahmaputra, Bali Narayana had erected strong fortifications, his 
fleet being anchored between the two forts. They were harassed on 
their way by the enemy’s troops, but drove them off, and after several 
assaults, they forced Bali Narayana to retreat, and followed him across 
the Manas river. He retreated to Budhnagar where he threw up a 
strong entrenchment, but withdrew to Chothri on hearing that Muham- 
mad Zaman was marching against him with a strong detachment, under 
the guidance of Uttama Narayana, the son of Sardarbar, Zamindar of 
Budhnagar, who was well acquainted with the country. 
This detachment halted at Bishunpur for the rains, but was shortly 
afterwards attacked by Bali Narayana, who had received reinforcements 
which brought the strength of his army up to 40,000 men. He threw 
up fortifications at the Kalapani river, about three miles from Bishun- 
pur, behind which he encamped on a well-selected site, protected by 
rising ground, a river difficult to cross, and dense jungle. From this 
vantage ground he harassed the Musalmans by repeated night attacks. 
At the close of the rains, in spite of Bali Narayana’s efforts to pre- 
vent it, a junction was effected between the detachment at Bishunpur 
and the main body of the Musalman army, which had spent the x-ains 
at Chandaiikot. Having united their forces they attacked and defeated 
Bali Narayana, who fled to Darrang. A son of the A'hom king was 
taken pi-isoner in this battle and was put to death together with all the 
other prisoners. The A horn forts at Pandu and Srighat wex-e then 
taken together with 500 war sloops and 300 guns, and Koch Hajo again 
became a Musalman province. Fox-t Kajli (at the junction of the 
Kallang and the Brahmaputra) was also taken, and a detachment was 
sent to Darrang to hunt down Bali Narayana who fled to Siiigiri, wliero 
he and his two sons shortly afterwards died. Gauhati was selected as 
the seat of Government of the Musalman proconsul, axxd a financial 
settlement of the country was effected. 
As already stated, the final overthrow of BaliNai ayana is said to have 
taken place in 1637 A. D. Strange to say no mention of this struggle 
is made in any local history. 
