Pragjyotisha is a mythological kingdom that is mentioned in a multitude of Hindu epics. It came to be associated with the historical Kamarupa after Bhaskaravarman...
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Kamarupa (redirect from Pragjyotisha)
Kamarupa (/ˈkɑːməˌruːpə/; also called Pragjyotisha or Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa), an early state during the Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, was...
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Narakasura (category Pragjyotisha kingdom)
progenitor of all three dynasties of Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa, and the founding ruler of the legendary Bhauma dynasty of Pragjyotisha. Though the myths about Naraka...
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List of rulers of Assam (section Pragjyotisha kingdom)
included in this list. The kingdom was contemporary of Pragjyotisha kingdom of Kamarupa. First legendary line of rulers in Pragjyotisha. The Danava dynasty consisted...
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Assam and Banasura Hill in Kerala. The kingdom was contemporary of Pragjyotisha. In Puranic literature, Pragjyotisha and Sonitpura were located to the north-west...
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the Vangas (8:22). Bhagadatta was mentioned as the ruler of the Pragjyotisha kingdom that took part in the Kurukshetra War. Behind Duryodhana proceeded...
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Bhagadatta (category Pragjyotisha kingdom)
of Narakasura and grandson of Lord Shree Adivaraha, and the king of Pragjyotisha in Hindu mythology. Bhagadatta was born from a limb of the asura called...
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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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The Ahom kingdom (Ahom: 𑜒𑜑𑜪𑜨, ahüm; Assamese: আহোম), or the Kingdom of Assam (/ˈɑːhɔːm/, 1228–1826) was a late medieval kingdom in the Brahmaputra...
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known as Pragjyotisha, an early state during the classical period of India, the first historical kingdom of Assam Pragjyotisha Kingdom, a kingdom in Hindu...
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Dimasa Kingdom also known as Kachari kingdom was a late medieval/early modern kingdom in Assam, Northeast India ruled by Dimasa kings. The Dimasa kingdom and...
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Nara Narayan (section Kingdom expansion)
undivided Koch dynasty of the Kamata Kingdom. He succeeded his father, Biswa Singha. Under him the Koch kingdom reached its cultural and political zenith...
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Vajradatta (category Pragjyotisha kingdom)
King Bhagadatta, and the third ruler of the Naraka dynasty of the Pragjyotisha Kingdom. Vajradatta is regarded to have studied the four Vedas along with...
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Danava dynasty (category Kingdoms of Assam)
The Danava dynasty was the first legendary line of rulers in Pragjyotisha, established by Mahiranga Danava. The dynasty was of Kirata origin. These rulers...
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July 2023. "The older city is not given by name...(it) might have been Pragjyotisha."(Sharma 1978, pp. 30–31) "This verse refers to the act of abandoning...
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Guwahati that was the ancient land of Pragjyotishpur or Pragjyotisha Kingdom, the capital of the Kingdom of Kumar Bhaskara Varman (600-650). The findings of...
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early Assamese literature. Gauhati University. Sircar, D C (1990), "Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa", in Barpujari, H K (ed.), The Comprehensive History of Assam...
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The Chutia kingdom (also Sadiya or Chutiya) (Pron: /ˈsʊðiːjɑː/ or Sutia) was a late medieval state that developed around Sadiya in present Assam and adjoining...
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son of Narakasura, king of Pragjyotisha Kingdom. According to Hindu theology, the eastern kingdom of Kamarupa or Pragjyotisha existed in India, which included...
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Bhauma dynasty (category Pragjyotisha kingdom)
The Bhauma dynasty is the second legendary dynasty of Pragjyotisha, after the Danava dynasty. Narakasura, who is said to have established this dynasty...
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Burmese invasions of Assam between 1817 and 1826, during which time the Kingdom of Assam came under the control of Burma from 1821 to 1825. Locally, this...
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Koch Hajo (category Kingdoms of Assam)
Koch Hajo (1581–1616) was the kingdom under Raghudev and his son Parikshit Narayan of the Koch dynasty that stretched from Sankosh River in the west to...
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Arjuna defeats Bhagadatta, the king of Pragjyotisha, during his military campaign to collect tribute for Pandava king Yudhishthira's Rajasuya sacrifice...
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Sankardev (section Ahom kingdom)
called Neo-Vaishnavite movement, influenced two medieval kingdoms – Koch and the Ahom kingdom – and the assembly of devotees he initiated evolved over...
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Allowance" for the 19 customary kings from communities under the Gobha Kingdom that includes parts of three districts of present Assam: Morigaon, Nagaon...
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appeared in the records of the Pala rulers; instead they used Pragjyotisha, the legendary kingdom of the epics, to legitimise their authority. The Pala kings...
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followers of Kartikeya. Bhagadatta was the son of Naraka, king of the Pragjyotisha Kingdom and second in a line of kings of Naraka dynasty. He sided with Kaurava...
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Chutia people (section Chutia kingdom)
historically associated with the Chutia kingdom. However, after the kingdom was absorbed into the Ahom kingdom in 1523–24, the Chutia population was widely...
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Proto-historic Pragjyotisha kingdom Classical Kamarupa kingdom Medieval Dimasa–Kachari kingdom Kamata Kingdom Sutiya kingdom Baro-Bhuyan Ahom kingdom (Singarigharutha)...
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Guwahati: Publication Board, Assam, pp. 94–171 Sircar, D C (1990), "Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa", in Barpujari, H K (ed.), The Comprehensive History of Assam...
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