393:"Visva Simha was at first regular in his payment of tributes to Assam. But now conscious of his newly-gained power, he defaulted and felt himself strong enough to try to remove the disgrace of being a tributary. So he invaded the Ahom kingdom, sailing up the Brahmaputra up to Singri hill (e.e. Singari in Nagaon district). But he had to withdraw owing to the hardships of the journey and shortage of provisions (1537)."(
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380:"The Koch king thus wisely submitted and agreed to be "protected" (thapita sanchita) i.e.helped in time of difficulty" by the Ahom king, paying an annual tribute of horses. In return the General handed over to the Koch king the territories west of the Sankosh given as dowry by the Sultan of Bengal to the Ahom king and assured him of protection against enemies.(
367:"About 1532-3 the Ahoms under their commander-in-chief, Shankham or Tankham Ghar Sandikai Burgohain (appointed 1532) while returning from a victorious expedition after pursuit of the defeated forces of the erstwhile Gaur Commander, Turbak, up to the Karatoya, and establishment of friendship with the Sultan attacked Visva Simha." (
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Biswa Singha was initially regular in payments, but after having consolidated his newly established rule decided to invade the Ahom kingdom instead. In 1537 he advanced up to
Singari, in Nagaon district, but had to give up his ambitions due to problems in supplying his forces—subsequently he and his
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adopted extensive preparations and vigorous measures to recover all the lost territories. On the contrary, the Koches too found it difficult to maintain overlordship over Ahoms by using force and arms. The Ahom counter-retaliation was met by a fresh Koch expedition. The Koch fleet under Tepu Barua
279:. The Koch soldiers withdrew at this sight, soon this stratagem was understood. In the meantime, the Koch fleet occupied Sala and Makaland and proceeded to Dikhowmukh. At several engagements, the Ahoms were routed. The Ahom king alarmed by the continuous setback, took flight for Charaikhorong in
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to Sola Soon after, three Koch princes, with a view of revenge, captured a boat belonging to an Ahom officer. A battle ensued, compelling the Ahoms to retreat. The renewal of hostilities in 1546 costed the lives of those three Koch princes and
154:), on the advice of his ministers, made peace and accepted the status of being a protectorate with an annual tribute of horses; and in return was gifted the land west of Sankosh the Ahoms had received as dowry from the Sultan.
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Bargohain, who received the envoys at Garhgaon firmly and curtly told them incidents, which were natural among Kshatriyas i.e, in war. The Gohain not only criticized their etiquette but disparaged the Koch manners and
243:) about his desire for cordial relations. Ahoms didn't accord the Koches any warm messages but were rather disparaging. Conflicts were renewed in 1562. The Koches under the command of Shukladhwaja alias
419:"Visva Simha's equally able and brilliant eldest son, Malla Gosain of Abul Fazl), succeeded him on his death after sometime as Nara Narayan,' and continued the former's work (1540-'87)." (
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established himself a few years later after a probable succession battle with another son named Nara Singha. Following the example of his father, Nara
Narayan was assisted by his brother
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kingdoms over the control of the
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marched against the Ahoms at the head of 60 thousand soldiers. Two prolonged invasions at both land and water were arranged. The Koch army on their way was joined by the
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There was a succession issue in the Ahom kingdom as well when
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realized the need for friendship, and envoys were sent to the Ahom court in June–July, 1555. He himself wrote a letter to then Ahom king
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was concluded. The conditions of that treaty were fulfilled in July–August, 1563 and the Koches withdrew. Soon after,
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