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In the preamble to an Assamese Buranji dealing with the history of the Tungkhangiya Dynasty, 1681-1806, the writer solemnly prohibits the disclosure of the facts stated therein to any one but to a trusted friend, not even to one's son if he was of an unreliable character, adding that betrayal of trust amounts to an indecent gesture shown to one's mother1• ,vhen we remember that even in English journalism, anonymity was generally superseded by the system of signed articles only in the latter half of the nineteenth century2, we are not surprised at the almost universal absence of the chronicler's name in the precious Buranjis they have left to posterity.
" Nawab Mansur Khan was deputed in 1678 by Prince Azam, then Governor of Bengal, to occupy Gauhati from Laluk Sola Barphukan, and remained in Assam as the Fauzadar of Gauhati for more than three years, till his forces were defeated by King Gadadhar Singha in 1682, after which Gauhati was re-occupied by the Ahoms.
The great Gakulpuri of Assamese chronicles hailed from Brindaban-, and his career in Assam had enormous political significance, culminating in the dethronement and execution of King Udayaditya, 1670-1673, during whose reign the Mogul forces under Ram Singha were completely defeated.
The author himself refers t~ existing chronicles of :Mogul India in the preamble to Chapter VI-A,- " After the death of Jahfingir, his son Shah .
B. as Rungaddin Padshah, son of Muhammad Shah of Alarnanja, King of Nako, whose capital was at Majitpur, The author specifically mentions that H induan ended with Pith or Raja.