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Aurangzeb's Assam Disaster: How the Mughals Lost the Northeast
When the Mughal Empire pushed east into the Brahmaputra valley, it met its match in the Ahom kingdom. Unlike the Rajputs or Deccan sultans, the Ahoms fought a guerrilla war from their swampy, riverine homeland. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the disastrous 1662 campaign of Mir Jumla, who captured the Ahom capital Garhgaon but couldn't hold it. They discuss the Ahom commander Lachit Borphukan, whose naval ambush at Saraighat in 1671 shattered a second Mughal invasion. They examine how the Ahoms used their paiks (conscripted labour) to build earthen ramparts, and how the…
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