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Silsako
Silsako was an ancient stone bridge over a channel of river Barnadi (Bornadi) in Hajo, Kamrup. As the channel changed its course over time, now the bridge is stranded in the middle of a small lake. It was an important transit route in ancient and medieval times. Invaders like Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji entered into Kamrup in the year 1205-06 AD, and crossed the bridge Silsako. This historical bridge sustained damage in the 1897 Assam earthquake The Assam earthquake of 1897 occurred on 12 June 1897, in Assam, British India at 11:06 UTC, and had an estimated moment magnitude of 8.2–8.3. It resulted in approximate 1,542 human casualties and caused catastrophic damage to infrastructure .... Hannay, who in 1851 saw and measured the bridge, wrote as follows: See also * Rock architecture in India References {{coord missing, Assam Stone bridges Kamrup district Bridges in Assam Indian architectural history Cultural history of Assam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silsako Lake
Silsako Lake (also known as Silsako Beel) is a wetland and lake located at the heart of the Guwahati city and surrounded by villages like Satgaon, Hengrabari and Mathgharia in Kamrup Metropolitan district of Assam. Guwahati Water Bodies (Preservation and Conservation) Act-2008 has specifically notified the Silsako Lake in the Schedule I to IV along with other six wetlands of Guwahati. Etmyology ''Silsako'' is the Assamese term for ''Stone Bridge''. ''Beel'' means lake in Assamese language. Area Silsako lake is having a length of approx. 5 km and average width of 250 m. See also *List of lakes of Assam This is a list of lakes ( beels) and wetlands of Assam, India. Tinsukia district * Maguri Motapung Beel * Udaipur Beel * Rampur Beel Dibrugarh district * Lomghori Beel * Sasoni Merbeel * Dihingerasuti Beel Sivasagar district * Boka Beel * Borbok ... References {{reflist Lakes of Assam Tourist attractions in Guwahati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silsako Bridge, Kamrup In 1851
Silsako was an ancient stone bridge over a channel of river Barnadi (Bornadi) in Hajo, Kamrup. As the channel changed its course over time, now the bridge is stranded in the middle of a small lake. It was an important transit route in ancient and medieval times. Invaders like Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji entered into Kamrup in the year 1205-06 AD, and crossed the bridge Silsako. This historical bridge sustained damage in the 1897 Assam earthquake The Assam earthquake of 1897 occurred on 12 June 1897, in Assam, British India at 11:06 UTC, and had an estimated moment magnitude of 8.2–8.3. It resulted in approximate 1,542 human casualties and caused catastrophic damage to infrastructur .... Hannay, who in 1851 saw and measured the bridge, wrote as follows: See also * Rock architecture in India References {{coord missing, Assam Stone bridges Kamrup district Bridges in Assam Indian architectural history Cultural history of Assam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamrup Region
Kamrup is the modern region situated between two rivers, the Manas and the Barnadi in Western Assam, with the same territorial extent as the Colonial and post-Colonial "Undivided Kamrup district". It was the capital region of two of the three dynasties of Kamarupa and Guwahati, the current political center of Assam, is situated here. It is characterized by its cultural artifacts. Etymology The origin of name is attributed to a legend in the Kalika Purana which mentions that it is in this region that Kamadeva regained his form. Ancient Kamrup (350–1140) The history of the Kamrup region dates back to the 4th century under Kamarupa Kingdom. The kingdom was successively ruled by three dynasties - the Varman, the Mlechchha (Mech) and the Pala dynasties. Among these, the capitals of the Varman Dynasty and the Pala Dynasty, called Pragjyotishpura and Durjaya respectively, were in Kamrup, whereas the capital of the Mlechchha dynasty was in Tezpur outside the Kamrup region. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamrup Rural District
Kamrup Rural district, or simply Kamrup district (Pron: ˈkæmˌrəp or ˈkæmˌru:p), is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India formed by dividing the old Kamrup district into two in the year 2003; other being Kamrup Metropolitan district, named after the region it constitutes. This district, along with Nalbari, Barpeta, Kamrup Metropolitan, Bajali and Baksa districts has been created from the Undivided Kamrup district. History Kamrup Rural district was created by bifurcating Undivided Kamrup district in 2003. The Government of Assam, during the Chief-ministership of Late Tarun Gogoi, had proposed to bifurcate it further and create a new district, named South Kamrup. In 2016, the process of creation of the district was started. However, later that year, the process of creation was stopped midway due to lack of infrastructure. Geography and environment Overview Kamrup district occupies an area of . Kamrup district has some territorial disputes with neighb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamrup District
Kamrup Rural district, or simply Kamrup district (Pron: ˈkæmˌrəp or ˈkæmˌru:p), is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India formed by dividing the old Kamrup district into two in the year 2003; other being Kamrup Metropolitan district, named after the region it constitutes. This district, along with Nalbari, Barpeta, Kamrup Metropolitan, Bajali and Baksa districts has been created from the Undivided Kamrup district. History Kamrup Rural district was created by bifurcating Undivided Kamrup district in 2003. The Government of Assam, during the Chief-ministership of Late Tarun Gogoi, had proposed to bifurcate it further and create a new district, named South Kamrup. In 2016, the process of creation of the district was started. However, later that year, the process of creation was stopped midway due to lack of infrastructure. Geography and environment Overview Kamrup district occupies an area of . Kamrup district has some territorial disputes with neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Guwahati
North Guwahati is northern part of the city of Guwahati and a town area committee in Kamrup Rural district in the Indian state of Assam.This town abounds in historical places and picnic spots. National Highway 27 passes through North Guwahati. Amingaon neighbourhood is district headquarter of Kamrup Rural district. History North Guwahati is also known as Durjaya, was capital of the ancient state of Kamarupa under Pala dynasty. In early medieval times, the area was known as Kamarupa Nagara. North Guwahati possesses temples, roads, bridges, fortifications, and moats which are of ancient origin. There are two temples on the Aswakranta hill. The upper temple contains the image of Vishnu lying on Ananta-Sajya. It is one of the finest specimens of sculptural skill in Kamarupa about the beginning of the twelfth century. The western part of the town is called Sil-Sako because it still contains a small stone-built bridge over a stream. The eastern part is known as Raja-duar (king's gat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel (geography)
In physical geography, a channel is a type of landform consisting of the outline of a path of relatively shallow and narrow body of water or of other fluids (e.g., lava), most commonly the confine of a river, river delta or strait. The word is cognate to canal, and sometimes takes this form, e.g. the Hood Canal. Formation Channel initiation refers to the site on a mountain slope where water begins to flow between identifiable banks.Bierman, R. B, David R. Montgomery (2014). Key Concepts in Geomorphology. W. H. Freeman and Company Publishers. United States. This site is referred to as the channel head and it marks an important boundary between hillslope processes and fluvial processes. The channel head is the most upslope part of a channel network and is defined by flowing water between defined identifiable banks. A channel head forms as overland flow and/or subsurface flow accumulate to a point where shear stress can overcome erosion resistance of the ground surface. Channel he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnadi River
The Barnadi (Bornadi) River is in the State of Assam in India. In British India, the river separated the Kamrup district and Darrang Darrang () is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Mangaldoi. The district occupies an area of 1585 km2. History No definitive records about Darrang are available for the pre ... district. It originates from the Bara/Boro/Bada River. References Rivers of Assam Rivers of India {{India-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hajo
Hajo is a historic town set in the hills northwest of Guwahati, Assam, India. It is a meeting point of Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims due to the various pilgrimage sites on the different hills of Hajo. To the Hindus, the Manikut Parbat of Hajo is the site of the 10th-century temple ruins and the 11th- to 16th-century temples complex for Vaishnavism as well as shrines of Shaivism and Shaktism. To the Buddhists, particularly from Bhutan and Tibet, Assam is where the Buddha died and the Hayagriva temple in Hajo is a part of the sacred geography of the Buddha. To the regional Muslims, the Mughal era Poa-Mecca shrine on another hill of Hajo has the tomb of Giyasuddin Aulia built in the 17th-century.Bhuvan Vikrama (2017), ''Hajo'', Office of Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India – Guwahati Circle, Guwahati, India Hajo is one of the important historical and archaeological sites in northeast India as it preserves the history, inscriptions and architecture in a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar Khalji
Ikhtiyār al-Dīn Muḥammad Bakhtiyār Khaljī, (Pashto :اختيار الدين محمد بختيار غلزۍ, fa, اختیارالدین محمد بختیار خلجی, bn, ইখতিয়ারউদ্দীন মুহম্মদ বখতিয়ার খলজী) also known as Bakhtiyar Khalji, was a Turko-Afghan military general of the Ghurid ruler Muhammad of Ghor, who led the Muslim conquests of the eastern Indian regions of Bengal and Bihar and established himself as their ruler. He was the founder of the Khalji dynasty of Bengal, which ruled Bengal for a short period, from 1203 to 1227 CE. Khalji's invasions of the Indian subcontinent between A.D. 1197 and 1206 led to mass flight and massacres of Buddhist monks, and caused grave damage to the traditional Buddhist institutions of higher learning in Northern India. In Bengal, Khalji's reign was responsible for displacement of Buddhism by Islam. His rule is said to have begun the Islamic rule in Bengal, mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 Assam Earthquake
The Assam earthquake of 1897 occurred on 12 June 1897, in Assam, British India at 11:06 UTC, and had an estimated moment magnitude of 8.2–8.3. It resulted in approximate 1,542 human casualties and caused catastrophic damage to infrastructures. Damage from the earthquake extended into Calcutta, where dozens of buildings were severely damaged, with some buildings partially collapsing. Trembles were felt across India, reaching as far as Ahmedabad and Peshawar. Seiches were also observed in Burma. Earthquake The earthquake occurred on the south–southwest-dipping reverse Oldham Fault that forms the northern edge of the Shillong Plateau. There was a minimum displacement on the main fault of 11 m, although some calculations have placed this figure at as high as 16 m; one of the greatest for any measured earthquake. The calculated area of slip extended 180 km along the strike and from 9–45 km beneath the surface, indicating that the entire thickness of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Rock-cut Architecture
Indian rock-cut architecture is more various and found in greater abundance in that country than any other form of rock-cut architecture around the world. Rock-cut architecture is the practice of creating a structure by carving it out of solid natural rock. Rock that is not part of the structure is removed until the only rock left makes up the architectural elements of the excavated interior. Indian rock-cut architecture is mostly religious in nature. There are more than 1,500 known rock-cut structures in India. Many of these structures contain artwork of global importance, and most are adorned with exquisite stone carvings. These ancient and medieval structures represent significant achievements of structural engineering and craftsmanship. The effort expended often astonishes visitors, but seen from one aspect, a rock-cut structure is a decorated rock quarry; most of the stone removed was typically put to economic use elsewhere. In India, caves have long been regarded as sacr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
