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 APOLOGIA the last twenties as may be seen from the Bibliography of my earlier writings appended to NLHAL, 1902. The most laborious of my studies were those on Missionary contributions, Goploundrar Gin, Kata Kirtten, Corydorys-Viniscaya and ancient Kamarup Inseriptions. They ha ne covered at least the last forty years of my life, year to year, nuonth to mouth, and day to day. They have been revised and re revised for times without number, correcting and re-correcting my own misukes for which I have been ashamed by myself without any know- ing by others. I wonder if I can ever call any halt to this and say This is my last word. So imperfect is the knowledge and so immature the judgment even after a life-time's sleepless efforts ! As early as 1947 was published my Introduction to .a-the Country, the People, the Speech, from Bombay, which has been out of print king since, besides my publications in Assamese on pre-historie Asam and on history of my language and script. They have now been thoroughly revised and wroduced in this volume with such modif- cations as were found necessary. The political history of Asam happens to arouse some peculiar interest also in the context of present hap- pening I mean the Chinese aggression. - (1) King Bhagadatta of Kimarüpa fought in the Kuruksetra war with Chinese soldiers in his army, Indicating that at least some portion of China proper was included in Ancient Asam (p. 110). (u) The Kallu kingdom which was, perhaps for about a thousand years, sisted in the Pemako district in Tibet, and had been in a edourishing condition even in the fifteenth century A.D. than the Ahom kingdom in Asam in its most prosperous days, was wiped out of acistence in the lighteenth century in an early Chinese aggression (pp. 196-8). (i) The Himalayan territory in between the rivers Sakha and Hindola, is known to have been the capital city of King Salys of Kuruksetra fame. Narasimha, the eldest son of Viwa Simha, became the king of Bhutan in 1510 A.D. and had his royal seat at the same site (p. 153) (iv) D.R.V. gives a detailed list of Bhet ellicers appointed by King Narasimha to work under him. (v) The Bhots were not the original inhabitants of present Bhutan. It is not more than two or three centuries now that they have usurped that country om the people of Asam residing there (p. 133). (vi) The earlier inhabitants of present Bhutin were Teplies, who were inhabitants of West Kamarupe. They were driven away in another Tibetan aggression (p. 158).