Sadiya

Sadiya is a town in Tinsukia district, Assam, in India. It was the capital of the Chutia Kingdom but after the downfall of the kingdom, the Ahoms administered it through the Sadiyakhowa Gohain. Extensive remains of buildings and fortifications built during the Chutia rule near Sadiya point to the importance of the region in the past. Historically Sadiya or Sadhaya referred to the Chutia kingdom, Sadhayapura (preasent-day Sadiya) being its capital. It is claimed to be the center of development of the eastern Assamese dialects. Its stands on a grassy plain, almost surrounded by forested Himalayanmountains, on the right bank of Lohit River which is locally (but erroneously) considered the main stream of the Brahmaputra River. The deepest point of the Brahmaputra River is located near this region. It is famous for a flower named satphul (the word means "blessing" or a "desert flower"), which is much like Jasmine.

Sadiya's position at the eastern end of the Brahmaputra Valley made it an important centre of long-distance trade linking the Assamese plains with Tibet, Upper Burma and Yunnan. Routes led northward through the Dihang, Dibang and Lohit valleys and southeastward through Hukawng and the Shan state of Mongkawng; nineteenth-century accounts describe its market as exchanging textiles, salt and other plains goods for gold, silver, ivory, musk, amber, daos and products associated with Tibet, Burma and China.