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Muhammad bin Tughlaq planned an invasion of the kingdom of Kamata. This invasion took place in 1333, but was defeated and crushed at the outskirts of Kamata by Durlabh Narayan.

Background
Tughluq Emperors of Delhi were very interested in controlling the disorderly state of affairs in Bengal. In 1328, the Emperor Muhammad bin Tughluq sent his all-powerful general Bahram Khan against the Bengal Sultan Bahadur Shah, who in the meantime had shaken off the imperial authority. In the battle .Bahadur Shah was defeated and killed. Next the Delhi Emperor planned an invasion of the kingdom of Kamata.

in 1332, Sukhrangpha ascended the throne of the Ahom kingdom. He appointed his step-brother Chao Pulai, the son of Rajani, the Kamata princess.Chao Pulai conspired with Bargohain Taphrikhin against Sukhrangpha to dethrone him. But, the conspiracy was detected and both the conspirators fled to the Kamata king, who was the relative of Chao Pulai.

Battle
In 1332,Durlabh Narayan advanced with a large army for the cause of Chao Pulai, who was his nephew. The Kamata army first advanced to Athgaon, and then moved to Saring and constructed a fort there. But in the meantime Durlabh got information that the Delhi Emperor Muhammad bin Tughluq had sent an expedition consisting of 100,000 cavalry to invade Kamata.The imperial army entered the frontier of Kamata through Mymensingh, which at that time formed the border of Durlabh's kingdom. Immediately Durlabh returned to the capital and despatched a large army to resist the invaders.AIamgirnamah mentions that the grand army of the Emperor was entirely defeated and perished at the hands of the Assamese Warriors. This fact is further confirmed by a number of coins of Md. Bin Tughluq dated 1332-33, which were found by Stapleton in the vicinity of Enayetpur in Mymensingh, in 1910. This leads to the conclusion that the first invasion of Muhammad Bin Tughluq was attempted through Mymensingh, which was the frontier of Durlabh's kingdom in that direction.

Aftermath
According to the Alamgirnamah,to avenge the previous defeat. Muhammad bin Tughluq sent another expedition of a similar size, to invade the kingdom of Kamata. This time the expedition may have been despatched through North Bengal. It is said that "when it arrived in Bengal, it was panic-stricken and shrank from the enterprise." When they came to Bengal they would go no further and the plan had to be given up. It may well means that the invaders were defeated by kamata troops before invaders could invade Kamarup