THE MORIAS OF ASSAM. The MUHAMMADANS who were taken prisoners in the war were settled in different parts of the country. Tradition says that they were at first ordered to cut grass for the king’s elephants, but were found quite unfit for this work. They were next employed as cultivators, but their ignorance of agriculture was so great that they carried mud to the paddy seedlings instead of ploughing land and planting the seedling in it. ( it is said that BOKAKHAT got its name for this exercise of the MUHAMMAADANS CARRYING MUD or BOKA to the field. ). They were then left to their own devices and they took to working in brass, an occupation which their descendants carried on and was known as “MORIAS “. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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