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    Kamarupa (/ˈkɑːməˌruːpə/; also called Pragjyotisha or Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa), an early state during the Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, was...
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    king, the legendary progenitor of all three dynasties of Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa, and the founding ruler of the legendary Bhauma dynasty of Pragjyotisha...
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    The Pala dynasty of Kamarupa kingdom ruled from 900 CE. Like the Pala Empire of Bengal, the first ruler in this dynasty was elected, which probably explains...
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    The Kamarupa inscriptions are a number of 5th-century to early 13th-century rock, copper plate and clay seal inscriptions associated with the rulers and...
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    the legitimizing progenitor of the Kamarupa kings, with the goddess Kamakhya representing the region and the Kamarupa kingdom. It has been suggested that...
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  • Look up Kamarupa, प्राग्ज्योतिष, or प्राग्ज्योतिषपुर in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kamrup or Kamarupa or variation may refer to: Kamarupa (350–1140)...
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    Bhaskarbarman (bʱaːskərə'vərmən; 600–650) was king of medieval Kamarupa and the last of the Barman dynasty. After being captured by the Gauda king during...
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    4th–5th century in Assam, was probably spoken in the new settlements of Kamarupa—in urban centers and along the Brahmaputra river—surrounded by Tibeto-Burman...
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  • from the date of the ascension of Kumar Bhashkar Barman to the throne of Kamarupa. It differs 593 years with Gregorian calendar. The Assamese Calendar incorporates...
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    ancient Assam comes from a corpus of Kamarupa inscriptions on rock, copper plates, clay; royal grants, etc. that the Kamarupa kings issued during their reign...
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    Kama Kama (Sanskrit: काम, IAST: kāma) is the concept of pleasure, enjoyment and desire in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. It can also refer to...
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  • Thumbnail for Durjaya (Kamarupa capital)
    Durjaya, now North Guwahati, was capital of Kamarupa kingdom under the Pala Dynasty for the period 900 to 1100 C.E. Pala rulers built their capital on...
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    Kamarupa Pithas are ancient pithas or geographical divisions of Kamarupa. The division of the Pithas are not consistent in different sources, though the...
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    East India up to the Karatoya river, the western boundary of the historic Kamarupa kingdom. Though the Sankhyayana Grihasamgraha is said to mention "Pragjyotisha"...
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    the Naraka legends point to legitimization of the three dynasties of the Kamarupa kings. According to the 10th-century Kalika Purana, the dynasty was established...
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    Mlechchha dynasty (category Dynasties of Kamarupa)
    The Mlechchha dynasty (c. 650 - 900) ruled Kamarupa from their capital at Harruppesvar in present-day Tezpur, Assam, after the fall of the Varman dynasty...
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    The Bengali-Assamese languages (also Gauda–Kamarupa languages) is a grouping of several languages in the eastern Indian subcontinent. This group belongs...
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  • worshiping her. It also describes in detail the rivers and mountains at Kamarupa tirtha and mentions the Brahmaputra River and the Kamakhya Temple. Chapters...
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    inscription mentions Kamarupa and Davaka (Central Assam) as frontier kingdoms of the Gupta Empire. Davaka was later absorbed by Kamarupa, which grew into...
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    Pragjyotisha kingdom (category Kamarupa)
    multitude of Hindu epics. It came to be associated with the historical Kamarupa after Bhaskaravarman of the Varman dynasty by drawing his lineage from...
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  • Bengal in the 10th to 11th centuries Pala dynasty (Kamarupa) (900–1100), Hindu rulers of Kamarupa kingdom in Assam Pal family, landowners of Panchakhanda...
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    capital of the ancient state of Kamarupa under Pala dynasty. In early medieval times, the area was known as Kamarupa Nagara. North Guwahati possesses...
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  • Akbar's time. He is the contemporary of Harsha and of Bhaskaravarman of Kamarupa. His capital was at Karnasuvarna, in present-day Murshidabad in West Bengal...
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    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....
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    Varman dynasty (category Dynasties of Kamarupa)
    The Varman dynasty (350–650) was the first historical dynasty of the Kamarupa kingdom. It was established by Pushyavarman, a contemporary of Samudragupta...
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  • Raja Prithu (category Kings of Kamarupa)
    Bangladesh are attributed to him. K. L. Barua claimed that the throne of Kamarupa was occupied by a king named Prithu after the end of the Vaidyadeva line...
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    as the goddess of desire. Her abode–Kamakhya Temple is located in the Kamarupa region of Assam, India. Originally a Kirata goddess, Residing on Nilachal...
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    The Kamata Kingdom (pron: ˈkʌmətɑ) emerged in western Kamarupa probably when Sandhya, a ruler of Kamarupanagara, moved his capital west to Kamatapur sometime...
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    Bhagadatta and Pushpadatta. In Kamarupa inscriptions, the Naraka, Bhagadatta and Vajradatta were mentioned as ancestors of Kamarupa kings. One such inscription...
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    13th century from the fragmented remains of the Kamarupa chieftains. Nevertheless, not all local Kamarupa administrators (samanta) became Bhuyans and many...
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