Silsako was an ancient stone bridge over a

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of river Barnadi (Bornadi) in

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, 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

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entered into Kamrup in the year 1205-06 AD, and crossed the bridge Silsako. This historical bridge sustained damage in the

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. Hannay, who in 1851 saw and measured the bridge, wrote as follows:

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