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Garhgaon
Gargaon (Tai-Ahom:TsΓ©-hung;) is a historic city in Assam, India and served as the capital of the Ahom kingdom for many years. It was built by the Ahom king Suklenmung (Gargaiya Roja) in 1540. It lies 13 km east of present-day Sivasagar City, headquarters of the Sivasagar district. The palace structures were made of stone and wood. In 1747 Pramatta Singha, son of Rudra Singha, constructed a brick wall of about 5 km in length surrounding the Gargaon palace and the masonry gate leading to it. The old palace was destroyed and the present day seven-storied palace was rebuilt around 1752 by Rajeswar Singha (Suremphaa) (1751β1769). History Suklenmung who intervened against a Toungoo dynasty attack on MongKwang in Kachin State of Myanmar was married to the princess Nang Sao Seng, the daughter of Chao Siu-Kwei of MongKwang. It is said that the Ahom capital Garhgoan was built at the suggestion of this Mong Kwang queen Nang Sao Seng. In 1575, the king of Mongkwang, Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahom Language
Ahom or Tai-Ahom (Ahom:ππͺπ¨ ππ© πππͺπ¨ or ππ¨ππ« ππ© πππͺπ¨; ) is a dormant, Southwestern Tai language formerly spoken by the Ahom people. It's currently undergoing a revival and mainly used in religious and educational purposes. Ahom language was the state language of Ahom kingdom. It was relatively free of both Mon-Khmer and Indo-Aryan influences and has a written tradition dating back to the 13th century. The Ahom people established the Ahom kingdom and ruled parts of the Brahmaputra river valley in the present day Indian state of Assam between the 13th and the 18th centuries. The language was the court language of the kingdom, until it began to be replaced by the Assamese language in the 17th century. Since the early 18th century, there have been no native speakers of the language, though extensive manuscripts in the language still exist today. The tonal system of the language is entirely lost. The language was only par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toungoo Dynasty
''taungnguumainn saat'' , conventional_long_name = Toungoo dynasty , common_name = Taungoo dynasty , status = Empire/Monarchy, Kingdom , event_start = Independence from Kingdom of Ava, Ava Kingdom , year_start = 1510 , date_start = 16 October , event_end = Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom, Hanthawaddy conquest , year_end = 1752 , date_end = 23 March , event_pre = , date_pre = 1485 , event1 = , date_event1 = 1510β1599 , event2 = , date_event2 = 1599β1752 , p1 = Kingdom of Ava , p2 = Hanthawaddy Kingdom , p3 = Confederation of Shan States , p4 = Lan Na Kingdom , p5 = Ayutthaya Kingdom , p6 = Lan Xang , p7 = Manipur (kingdom) , s1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourist Attractions In Assam
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be Domestic tourism, domestic (within the traveller's own country) or International tourism, international. International tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, tourism numbers declined due to a severe Economy, economic slowdown (see Great Recession) and the outbreak of the 2009 2009 flu pandemic, H1N1 influenza virus. These numbers, however, recovered until the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitals Of Ahom Kingdom
Capital and its variations may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** Capital region, a metropolitan region containing the capital ** List of national capitals * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used for further production * Capital (Marxism), a central concept in Marxian critique of political economy * Economic capital * Financial capital, an economic resource measured in terms of money * Capital good * Human capital * Natural capital * Public capital * Social capital Architecture and buildings * Capital (architecture), the topmost member of a column or pilaster * The Capital (building), a commercial building in Mumbai, India * Capital (fortification), a proportion of a bastion Arts, entertainment and media Literature Books * ''Capital'' (novel), by John Lanchester, 2012 * ''Das Kapital'' ('Capital: Critique of Political Economy'), a foundationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasmin Saikia
Yasmin Saikia is the Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies and a professor of South Asian history at Arizona State University. She is the author of ''Fragmented Memories: Struggling to be Tai-Ahom in India'' (2004) and ''Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971'' (2011). Early life and education Saikia was born in Assam, India. She completed a bachelor's and master's degree in history at Aligarh Muslim University in India, and then a master's degree in South Asian history and a Ph.D. in South Asian history with a focus on American and Southeast Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Career Saikia worked as an assistant professor at Carleton College from 1997-1999, during which she completed her PHD at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Saikia's early academic career includes teaching history and conducting research at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She regularly returned to Guwahati to visit family and to conduct research in India, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibsagar District
Sivasagar district (Pron: or ) is one of the 34 districts of Assam state in Northeast India. Sivasagar city is the administrative headquarters of this district. This historic place is also known for its rich biodiversity. The districts covers an area of 2668 square kilometers (of the total area of 78438 square kilometers of Assam). The district comprises two sub-divisions β '' Sivasagar'' and '' Nazira''. The district of Sivasagar lies between 26.45Β°N and 27.15Β°N latitudes and 94.25Β°E and 95.25Β°E longitudes. The district is bounded by the Brahmaputra River to the north, Nagaland to the south, the Charaideo district to the east and the Jhanji River to the west. The Sivasagar district has acquired its distinct identity due to the co-existence of different races, tribes, languages and cultures. History Before the British period, the center of administration of Assam was around Sivasagar were the famous Ahoms ruled for nearly six hundred years. The Ahom kings took keen i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rang Ghar
The Rang Ghar (), (''rong ghor'' meaning "House of Entertainment") is a two-storeyed building which once served as the royal sports-pavilion where Ahom kings and nobles were spectators at games like buffalo fights and other sports at Rupahi Pathar (''pathar'' meaning "field" in Assamese) - particularly during the Rongali Bihu festival in the Ahom capital of Rangpur. It is away from the center of Sivasagar Town. Situated by the side of the Assam Trunk Road, it lies to the northeast of the Rangpur Palace, a almost seven-storied royal complex comprising the Talatal Ghar and the Kareng Ghar. History Ranghar is said to be one of the oldest surviving amphitheaters in Asia, the building was first constructed during the reign of Swargadeo Rudra Singha with bamboo and wood. It was later rebuilt with brick by Swargadeo Pramatta Singha in 1744 - 1751 A.D. Architecture The roof of the Rang Ghar is shaped like an inverted royal Ahom long boat. The base of the monument has a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talatal Ghar
The ''Talatal Ghar'' ) is an 18th-century palace and military base located in Rangpur (Ahom capital), Rangpur, from present-day Sivasagar, Assam, India. It is the largest of the monument built during the Ahom dynasty, Ahom era. King Rudra Singha was responsible for the construction of Kareng Ghar, but the present structure was built by king Rajeswar Singha (Surempha). It was initially built as an army base. It had 2 tunnels and 3 underground floors. Currently this structure is in dilapidated condition, the present ruins betray the grandeur that the palace was once endowed with. History King Rudra Singha had shifted his capital from Garhgaon to Rangpur, Assam, Rangpur in 1707 (then known as Tengabari). He started the construction of the Talatal Ghar, but it was initially built of semi-permanent materials. He especially brought an architect from Cooch Behar, Ghanashyam, whom he appointed as the chief architect and entrusted him with the duty of designing the new capital city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borphukan
Borphukan (Ahom language: ''Phu-Kan-Lung'') was one of the five (councillors) in the Ahom kingdom, a position that was created by the Ahom king Prataap Singha. The position included both executive and judicial powers, with jurisdiction of the Ahom kingdom west of Kaliabor river. The headquarters of Borphukan was based in Kaliabor and after the Battle of Itakhuli in 1681 in Itakhuli in Guwahati. This position was particularly important and powerful because of its distance from the Ahom capital, giving it a semblance of independence. The region to the east of Kaliabor was governed by the ''Borbarua''. Lachit Deka later became Borphukan or the ruler of Lower Assam according to the fifth chronicles of the Satsori Asom Buranji. Originally the jurisdiction of this office was the region between the Brahmaputra river and its branch Kolong with the headquarters at Kajali and Kaliabor. After the Ahom consolidated its power following the Battle of Itakhuli in 1681 region from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cubit
The cubit is an ancient unit of length based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It was primarily associated with the Sumerians, Egyptians, and Israelites. The term ''cubit'' is found in the Bible regarding Noah's Ark, the Ark of the Covenant, the Tabernacle, and Solomon's Temple. The ''common cubit'' was divided into 6 palm (unit), palms Γ 4 Finger (unit), fingers = 24 digit (unit), digits. ''Royal cubits'' added a palm for 7 palms Γ 4 fingers = 28 digits. These lengths typically ranged from , with an ancient Roman cubit being as long as . Cubits of various lengths were employed in many parts of the world in ancient history, antiquity, during the Middle Ages and as recently as Early modern Europe, early modern times. The term is still used in hedgelaying, the length of the forearm being frequently used to determine the interval between stakes placed within the hedge. Etymology The English word "cubit" comes from the Latin language, Latin noun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Jumla II
Mir Jumla II (12 February 1591 β 30 March 1663), or Amir Jumla, also known as ArdistΔnΔ« Mir Muhammad, was a military general, wealthy diamond trader, a ''Vizier'' of Golconda sultanate, and later a prominent subahdar of Bengal under the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Mir Jumla was a powerful politician that played important role in northern and Peninsular region of India during the reign of Shah Jahan to Aurangzeb, where he encountered multiple European nation companies interest in India, such as Danish East India Company, East India Company, Dutch East India Company, and Portuguese East India Company. He commanded the vast merchant fleets enterprise which sailed throughout Surat, Thatta, Rakhine State, Arakan, Ayuthya, Balasore, Aceh, Melaka, Johore, Bantam (city), Bantam, Makassar, Ceylon, Bandar Abbas, Mecca, Jeddah, Basra, Aden, Masqat, Mocha, Yemen, Mocha and the Maldives. The most important aspect of Mir Jumla's rule in Bengal was his Mir Jumla's invasion of Assam, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chao Pha
Saopha (), also spelled Sawbwa, was the title used by hereditary rulers of Shan states in Upper Myanmar. Chaopha and Chao Fa were similar titles used by the hereditary Tai peoples, Tai rulers in mainland Southeast Asia and the Ahom kingdom in India. Names and etymology ''Saopha'' () means "lord of the heavens" in the Shan language. It was rendered into Burmese as ''sawbwa'' (). Variants in other Tai languages include ''tsΔo phΓ’a'' (ππ°π«;ππ‘.) in Ahom language, Ahom, ''chau-fa'' () in Tai Nuea language, Tai Nuea, and ''chao fa'' () in Thai language, Thai. Usage Myanmar (Burma) In the pre-colonial era, the term 'sawbwa' was utilised by the Burmese monarchy in reference to the hereditary rulers of Shan-speaking polities called Mueang, mΓΆng ( , ), in the region. In order of precedence, the sawbwas outranked local rulers of lower ranks, namely the ''Myoza (royal title), myoza'' and ''ngwegunhmu''. During British rule in Burma, British colonial rule, colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
