Editing Sankardev (section)

====Gangmau====
[[Biswa Singha]], began his activities to remove the Bhuyans from power in the western part of the Brahmaputra valley in 1509.  Furthermore, the Bhuyans in the Bordowa area picked up a quarrel with their [[Dimasa Kingdom|Kachari]] neighbours, and when attacked Sankardev advised the Bhuyans to move, which brought to an end the independence of this group of Bhuyans.<ref name="Harv69">{{harv|Neog|1980|p=69}}</ref> Sankardev and his associates first crossed the Brahmaputra river in 1516–17 and settled first at Singari and finally at Routa; and when Viswa Singha advanced towards Routa, Sankardev moved to Gangmau in the [[Ahom kingdom]] in 1527.<ref>[Neog, Maheswar, ''Śaṅkaradeva and his times'', p. 68]</ref><ref name="Harv69" /> At Gangmau they stayed for five years where Sankardev's eldest son Ramananda was born. At Gangmau, he wrote the drama ''Patniprasad''. In fact he lived alone at a place named Gajalasuti out of dissatisfaction with some relative. He penned the play there.