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Aurangzeb's Lost Dream: The Failed Mughal Conquest of Assam
In 1662, the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb sent his general Mir Jumla into the heart of the Brahmaputra Valley to conquer the Ahom kingdom. What followed was a brutal campaign of flooded rivers, guerrilla warfare, and a dying army trapped by the monsoon. This episode follows Mir Jumla's invasion from the capture of Garhgaon to the disastrous retreat, the Ahom resistance under King Sutamla (Jayadhwaj Singha), and the peace treaty that left the Mughals with nothing but a name. We explore the geography that foiled the empire, the Ahom strategy of scorched earth and waterborne ambushes, and how…
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