 In the year 1618 CE the Ahom king Pratap Singha installed Balinarayan, the brother of Parikshit as King of Darrang, stationed 3000 Chutia troops at Mangaldai and continued to help him for some time to reoccupy Kamrup.But in spite of Ahom king's material assistance, Balinarayan ultimately failed to reconquer Kamrup.The Ahoms interfered in Kamrup for the third time on behalf of the hill chiefs of Dhanikal in 1619.