▁brothers ▁and ▁the ▁military ▁leaders . ▁The ▁story ▁continues ▁that ▁accompanied ▁by ▁eight ▁Bra hm ins , ▁D har ma ▁hast ened ▁back ▁to ▁T rip ura . ▁There ▁he ▁was ▁wel com ed ▁by ▁the ▁people ▁and ▁un anim ously ▁chosen ▁as ▁the ▁next ▁r uler . ▁ ▁Re ign ▁Early ▁in ▁D har ma ' s ▁reign , ▁his ▁territ ories ▁were ▁inv aded ▁by ▁the ▁Sultan ▁of ▁Beng al , ▁Sh ams ud din ▁A hm ad ▁Shah , ▁who ▁comp elled ▁a ▁t ribute ▁of ▁money ▁and ▁ele ph ants . ▁In ▁turn , ▁D har ma ▁launched ▁his ▁own ▁assault , ▁occup ying ▁and ▁pl und ering ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Son arga on . ▁Further ▁Beng ali ▁lands ▁were ▁attacked ▁by ▁his ▁arm ies , ▁with ▁Pat rik ara , ▁Gang am andal , ▁Me her k ul ▁and ▁K hand al ▁all ▁being ▁an nex ed ▁into ▁T rip ura . ▁Ar ound ▁this ▁time , ▁Min ▁S aw ▁Mon , ▁the ▁ex iled ▁r uler ▁of ▁A rak an , ▁visited ▁the ▁royal ▁court . ▁D har ma ▁contributed ▁both ▁finan cially ▁and ▁militar ily ▁to ▁the ▁former ' s ▁recon quest ▁of ▁his ▁kingdom . ▁ ▁Trad itions ▁describe ▁D har ma ▁as ▁a ▁powerful ▁administrator ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁patron ▁of ▁learning ▁and ▁culture ; ▁the ▁latter ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁most ▁evident ▁in ▁his ▁commission ing ▁of ▁the ▁Raj m ala , ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Man ik ya ▁dynast y . ▁His ▁religious