<p>Although there are multiple studies related to the Ahom rule in Assam, only a few focus on Ahom military structures and their victories against the Mughal and other contemporary rulers. Even among the latter works, technological progress and the use of weapons have taken primacy, while strategy and its formulation by individuals, particularly women, have been neglected. In this paper, an attempt has been made to address the lacuna, thereby consolidating the studies of the military history of medieval northeastern India, in general, and Assam, in particular. As a result, on a theoretical plane, the paper tries to move beyond technologically determined frameworks of historiography as provided by Marxism and other related ideologies.</p>