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E. A. Gait — Some Notes on Jaintici History. 
[No. 8, 
From tlie next coppel’ plate, wliicli bears date 1710 paka, it 
appears tliat Cliattra-siihha had by that time been succeeded by Vijaya- 
narayana, who in his turn probably died in 1712 paka, which is the 
date found on the coin which bears the name of Raina-simha. The 
copper plates show that Rama-simlia was still reigning in 1735 paka or 
1813 A.D. Indra-simlia who succeeded him died shortly before the 
annexation in 1835 A.D. 
From the above it will be seen that the traditional genealogy of 
the 14th to the 22nd king is confirmed by the inscriptions, &c., which 
have been collected. The seventh and eighth kings are mentioned in 
Ahom chronicles in the order in which they are placed by tradition, 
and the interval between the date when the eighth king was reigning 
(cis 1638 A.D.) and that of LaksmI-narayana’s inscription on the 
palace at Jaintiapuri raj (1710 A.D.) is about what would suffice for 
the reigns of the five intervening princes of whom no record has 
hitherto been found. There is therefore, fair reason for accepting the 
traditional genealogy as correct, so far at least, as the seventh and 
subsequent kings are concerned. 
The story of the annexation of Jaintia is told at sufficient length 
in Mackenzie’s North-Eastern Frontier. It will suffice to mention here 
that it was due to the abduction of four British subjects as human 
sacrifices to Kali. 1 
1 This custom of offering human sacrifices was common amongst the Ah5ms, 
Koches and Kacharls, and will form the subject of a separate note later on. 
