The Ahoms used firearms as early as the:
A1230s
B1710s
C1530s
D1660s
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. 1530s
1. By the 1660s they made gunpowder and cannons.
2. Firearms appeared in the 1530s.
3. They still lost to Mir Jumla in 1662.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 7, Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities._
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