Twipra KingdomThe Twipra Kingdom (Sanskrit: Tripura, Anglicized: Tippera) was one of the largest ancient - historical kingdoms of the Tripuri people in Northeast India. The present political areas which were part of the Twipra Kingdom are: Barak Valley (Cachar Plains), Hailakandi and Karimganj in present-day Assam Comilla, Sylhet and the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh The present-day states of Tripura and Mizoram The Twipra Kingdom in all its various ages comprised the areas with the borders: The Khasi Hills in the North The Manipur Hills in the North-East The Arakan Hills of Burma in the East The Bay of Bengal to the South The Brahmaputra River to the West A list of legendary Tripuri kings is given in the Rajmala chronicle, a 15th-century chronicle in Bengali written by the court pandits of Dharma Manikya I (r.
Assamese languageAssamese (ˌæsəˈmiːz), also Asamiya (ɔxɔmija অসমীয়া), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language, and it serves as a lingua franca of the wider region. The easternmost Indo-Iranian language, it has over 15 million speakers according to Ethnologue. Nefamese, an Assamese-based pidgin in Arunachal Pradesh, was used in as the lingua franca till it was replaced by Hindi; and Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language, continues to be widely used in Nagaland.
Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous PrefectureThe Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture is located in western Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, and is one of the eight autonomous prefectures of the province, bordering Baoshan to the east and Burma's Kachin State to the west. Tai Nuea is the origin language of the word "Dehong", in Tai Le script (the script used to write the Tai Nüa language by the Tai Nua people) is written as "ᥖᥬᥳ ᥑᥨᥒᥰ", which transliterates to Latin as "Taue Xoong". Dehong means the lower reaches of the Nu River.
SankardevSrimanta Sankardev (শ্ৰীমন্ত শংকৰদেৱ; ˈsrɪˌmæntə ˈsænkə(r)ˌdeɪv, sɹimɔntɔ xɔŋkɔɹdew; 1449–1568) was a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath; a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of Assam, India. He is widely credited with building on past cultural relics and devising new forms of music (Borgeet), theatrical performance (Ankia Naat, Bhaona), dance (Sattriya), literary language (Brajavali).
SilcharSilchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is second largest city of North Eastern Region after Guwahati in terms of area, population and GDP. It is also administrative capital of Barak Valley division. It is located south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. It earned the moniker "Island of Peace" from Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India.
Boro peopleBoro (बर'/बड़ो bɔɽo), also called Bodo, is the largest ethnolinguistic group in the state of Assam, India. They are a part of the greater Bodo-Kachari family of ethnolinguistic groups and are spread across northeastern India. They are concentrated mainly in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, though Boros inhabit all other districts of Assam and Meghalaya. Boros were listed under both "Boro" and "Borokachari" in The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, and are continued to be so called in Census of India documents.
Jingpo peopleThe Jingpo people (ဂျိန်းဖော) are an ethnic group who are the largest subset of the Kachin peoples, which largely inhabit the Kachin Hills in northern Myanmar's Kachin State and neighbouring Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of China. There is also a significant Jingpo community in northeastern India's Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, as well as in Taiwan. While they mostly live in Myanmar, the Kachin are called the Jingpo in China () and Singpho in India - the terms are considered synonymous.
Charaideo districtCharaideo district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. It was formally declared a new district of the state on 15 August 2015 by then Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi. It has been carved out of Sivasagar district with Sonari as its administrative headquarter. It comes under Upper Assam division. Charaideo was established by the first Ahom king Chaolung Sukaphaa. The name Charaideo originated from Tai-Ahom word Che Rai Doi or Doi Che Rai which means the shining city on the hills.
History of AssamFile:Major kingdoms of Assam.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Major kingdoms of Assam{{sfn|Baruah|1986}} rect 50 50 650 120 [[Kamarupa|Kamarupa Kingdom]] rect 45 240 160 310 [[Kamata Kingdom]] rect 165 240 300 310 [[Baro-Bhuyan|Bhuyan chieftains]] rect 305 240 415 310 [[Ahom Kingdom]] rect 425 240 540 310 [[Chutiya Kingdom]] rect 550 240 660 310 [[Kachari Kingdom]] rect 4 425 80 495 [[Cooch Behar State|Koch Bihar]] rect 120 425 190 495 [[Koch Hajo]] rect 125 660 640 760 [[Colonial Assam|History of Assam]] The history of Assam is the history of a confluence of people from the east, west, south and the north; the confluence of the Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman (Sino-Tibetan), Tai and Indo-Aryan cultures.
Ekasarana DharmaEkasarana Dharma (literally: Shelter-in-One religion) is a neo-Vaishnavite monolithic religion propagated by Srimanta Sankardeva in the 15th-16th century in the Indian state of Assam. It reduced focus on Vedic ritualism and focuses on devotion (bhakti) to Krishna in the form of congregational listening (shravan) and singing his name and deeds (kirtan). The simple and accessible religion attracted already Hindu as well as non-Hindu populations into its egalitarian fold.
