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on condition that he fetched her via Satgao which lay in the Kachan? 
country. This was in 1535 Qaka (A.D. 1618). The Ahom king accepted 
the offer, and the result was a war with the Kacharis. The Ahom 
buranjis further state that in the course of the reign of the same king 
(Pratapa-simha), Maijala Raja of Dimuria submitted and became 
tributary to the Alioms, in order to escape from the oppression of Jasa 
Manik of Jaintia, so that it may be concluded that Jasa Manik was 
reigning some time between 1618 and 1639 A.D. (the date of Pratapa’s 
death), and was probably the successor of Dhan Manik as stated by the 
people of Jaintia. Local tradition has it that Jasa Manik went to Koch 
Bihar and married a princess of the Koch family, and that when he 
returned he brought the image Jainte<yvarl with him. 
Of the next five kings on the list, no record has so far been traced, 
but of LaksmI-narayana we know that he was living in 1632 £aka 
(1710 A.D.), as there is an inscription on the ruined palace at Jaintia- 
purl raj (the old capital) which bears that date, in which it is 
stated that LaksmI-narayana was the king who caused the palace to 
be built. 
The next reference is found in the Asam buranji of Ka^nath 
Tamuli Phukan, in which it is stated 1 that towards the close of his 
reign, Rudra-simha, who reigned from 1617 to 1636 faka, advanced 
as far as Mica, Mukli in Nowgong on his way to invade Jaintia, when 
the king Rama-simha hastened to tender his submission. 
The next king Jaya-narayana has left no trace behind him, but 
of his successor, Bara Gujai, we have a coin dated 1653 paka and 
a copper plate dated 1692 paka. From the latter it appears that he 
abdicated the throne and became an ascetic in the year in which it 
was inscribed, while it may, perhaps, be assumed that the coin was 
struck in the year of his accession. If so, his dates will be from 1731 
to 1770 A.D. 
There is a tradition that this king and his sister Gauri Kuarl were 
taken prisoners by the Sim of Khyrim, but escaped by the aid of men 
sent by Amara-simha, Sim of Cherrapunji. It is said that the two 
villages at which they halted on their return journey to Jaintiapurl 
raj 3 were given to the Cherra Sim by Bara Gu^ai as a reward for his 
services on this occasion; these villages are still held lahhirdj by his 
descendants. 
The plate referred to above says that Chattra-simha was the suc¬ 
cessor of Bara Gu 9 al, so 1692 faka may be taken as the date of his 
accession. 
1 loc. cit. p. 35. 
2 Angajur and Fatehpur. 
