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his mother’s husband, and overcome with remorse he endeavoured to 
do penance, but no Brahman would accept his gifts, and he was aban¬ 
doned by his people. One traditional account says he was shot by his 
own son with an arrow. Another story is that he burnt himself to 
death. A third account is that of the Daphlas to which we have pre¬ 
viously referred. 
Still a fourth story is a circumstantial one which appeared in and 
which we quote from the Calcutta Review. 1 At this time Assam was 
invaded by the King of Kashmir and he met Arimuri (Arimatta), as 
follows : 
“ The Cashmerian prince advancing into the country, found 
Arimuri posted with his forces on the bank of a river. Excited with 
the hope of a speedy triumph, he plunged into the stream, but found 
when it was too late, that he could not stem the current. Many of his 
soldiers followed him into the water and were drowned, and he, power¬ 
less to defend himself, was captured by a party of Arimuri’s men who 
launched out into the torrent on inflated skins. He was confined in a 
strong castle on the banks of the “ Gondhica,” the same river, in all 
probability, as the Gandak which, at that time, formed the Western 
boundary of Kamrup ; whilst the remnant of his army returned in 
dismay to Cashmere. The tidings of this discomfiture and of the 
captivity of the king spread consternation throughout Cashmere. The 
ministers immediately met for deliberation, when one Deva Sarma 
undertook to effect the liberation of the monarch. Proceeding with a 
considerable force into Assam and encamping his men on the banks 
of the river opposite to where the fort stood which held his^ master 
captive, he himself repaired to the Court of Arimuri. At a private 
conference with the king, he intimated his readiness to give up to him 
the treasures of Joypira, which he represented to be with the invading 
army ; but he at the same time intimated that as the amount and dis¬ 
tribution of the money were known to the prince only, it would be 
necessary for him, the minister, to have an interview with Joypira, and 
on some pretence or other elicit from him the required information. 
The artifice succeeded, and Deva Sarma was admitted into his master’s 
presence. In the interview that followed, the minister urged Joypira 
to let himself down from the window of his prison and swim across 
the river to his troops, but the latter declined to make an attempt that 
must fail on account of the impetuosity of the torrent below. After 
some further discussion, the minister withdrew to an adjoining chamber, 
promising soon to return; but as a considerable interval elapsed and he 
l 1867. 
