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A History of Assam

1906

The wide extent and long duration of Bodo domination is Probable shown by the frequent occurrence of the prefix di or ti the duration of Bodo word for water in the river names of the Brahmaputra dominvalley and the adjoining country to the west e.g. [...] The history of the Ahoms shows how a brave and vigorous race may decay in the sleepy hollow of the Brahmaputra valley ; and it was only the intevention of the British that prevented them from being blotted out by fresh hordes of invaders first the Burmese and then the Singphos and Khrimtis and also postibly the Daflas Abors and Bhutias. [...] In the Jogini Tantra which is probably a later work Kamarupa is said to include the tract lying between the Karatoya river on the west and the Dikrang on the east the mountains of Kanchana and Girikanyaka on the north and the confluence of the Brahmaputra and Lakshmi rivers on the south; that is to. say it included rougilly the Brahmaputra valley Bhutan Rangput and Koch Bihar. [...] Elsewhere Ratnapith is said to include the tract between the Karatoya and the Monas Kimpith that between the Monas and Silghat on the north bank of the Brahmaputra and Bhadrapith the corresponing portion of the south bank while Saumarpith as before is the most easterly tract. [...] addicted to meat and strong drinks.* In the chronicles of the Tippera kings it is said that the ancient name of their country was Kirata and the word still survives as the designtion of a tract in the Sub-Himalaya between the Dud Kosi and Arun rivers and of the Khambu Limbu and Yikha tribes who inhabit it.
history
Pages
400
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.145193
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-v E.A. Gait view
Frontmatter
i-viii E.A. Gait view
Chapter I. Prehistoric and Traditional Rulers
1-21 E.A. Gait view
Chapter II. The Period from the Seventh to the Twelfth Centuries
22-33 E.A. Gait view
Chapter III. Events of Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries (Excluding Ahom History)
34-43 E.A. Gait view
Chapter IV. The Koch Kings
44-66 E.A. Gait view
Chapter V. The Rise of the Ahom Kingdom
67-102 E.A. Gait view
Chapter VI. The Period of the Muhammadan Wars
103-152 E.A. Gait view
Chapter VII. The Climacteric of Ahom Rule
153-189 E.A. Gait view
Chapter VIII. The Decay and Fall of the Ahom Kingdom
190-229 E.A. Gait view
Chapter IX. The Ahom System of Government
230-241 E.A. Gait view
Chapter X. The Kacharis
242-252 E.A. Gait view
Chapter XI. The Jaintia Kings
253-262 E.A. Gait view
Chapter XII. Manipur
263-267 E.A. Gait view
Chapter XIII. Sylhet
268-273 E.A. Gait view
Chapter XIV. The Burmese War
274-283 E.A. Gait view
Chapter XV. Consolidation of British Rule
284-314 E.A. Gait view
Chapter XVI. Relations with Frontier Tribes
315-321 E.A. Gait view
Chapter XVII. Important Events of Recent Times
322-345 E.A. Gait view
Chapter XVIII. Growth of the Tea Industry
346-356 E.A. Gait view
Appendices
357-370 E.A. Gait view
Index
371-383 E.A. Gait view

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