ANCIENT TIMES
In fact, the oldest extant treatise of the human race – the Vedas – mentions the region of the erstwhile undivided Assam as Pragjyotishpura which literally means the ‘city of eastern lights’.
It has also been stated in the Vedas that Pragjyotishpura was inhabited by the ‘Kiratas’ or the ‘asuras’ or those people who were not of the Aryan race. Most of the sons of the soil or tribes now inhabiting the entire North East are believed to be the descendents of the Kiratas.
These treatises further mention Kirata king Narakasura as the founder of Pragjyotishpura.
The Vedas also mention the geographical extent of Pragjyotishpura as extending from the northern Himalayan foothills to the southern Bay of Bengal.
MEDIEVAL TIMES
In the Middle Ages, Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang refers to this region as Kamrupa. Hiuen Tsang also mentions the name of the king of Kamrupa as Bhaskaravarman.
ADVENT OF THE AHOMS
It was in the 13th century that major incident took place in the political arena of the region ruled by many chieftains of various tribes. This was the advent of the Ahoms – a martial agrarian Shan race from China – in 1228.
In fact, the oldest extant treatise of the human race – the Vedas – mentions the region of the erstwhile undivided Assam as Pragjyotishpura which literally means the ‘city of eastern lights’.
It has also been stated in the Vedas that Pragjyotishpura was inhabited by the ‘Kiratas’ or the ‘asuras’ or those people who were not of the Aryan race. Most of the sons of the soil or tribes now inhabiting the entire North East are believed to be the descendents of the Kiratas.
These treatises further mention Kirata king Narakasura as the founder of Pragjyotishpura.
The Vedas also mention the geographical extent of Pragjyotishpura as extending from the northern Himalayan foothills to the southern Bay of Bengal.
MEDIEVAL TIMES
In the Middle Ages, Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang refers to this region as Kamrupa. Hiuen Tsang also mentions the name of the king of Kamrupa as Bhaskaravarman.
ADVENT OF THE AHOMS
It was in the 13th century that major incident took place in the political arena of the region ruled by many chieftains of various tribes. This was the advent of the Ahoms – a martial agrarian Shan race from China – in 1228.
