Kamarupa
Sign in to saveKamarupa (; also called Pragjyotisha or Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa), an early state during the Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, was (along with Davaka) the first historical kingdom of Assam. The Kamrupa word first appeared in the Samudragupta Allahabad Edict before that there is no mention of existence of this word.
Key facts
- Former country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of Kamarupa
- Former country.common_name
- Kamarupa
- Former country.capital
- PragjyotishpuraHaruppeswaraDurjaya
- Former country.common_languages
- Kamarupi Prakrit Sanskrit, Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman
- Former country.religion
- Hinduism, Animism
- Former country.era
- Classical India
- Former country.status
- Empire
- Former country.s1
- Ahom kingdom
- Former country.s2
- Kamata kingdom
- Former country.s3
- Kachari kingdom
- Former country.s4
- Chutia Kingdom
- Former country.s5
- Baro Bhuyans
- Former country.image_map
- Kamarupa_map.png
- Former country.image_map_caption
- The 7th and 8th century extent of Kamarupa kingdom, located on the eastern region of the Indian subcontinent, what is today modern-day Assam, Bengal and Bhutan. Kamarupa at its height covered the entire Brahmaputra Valley, parts of North Bengal, Bhutan and northern part of Bangladesh, and at times portions of West Bengal and Bihar.
- Former country.government_type
- Absolute monarchy
- Former country.year_start
- 350
- Former country.year_end
- 1140
- Former country.today
- IndiaBhutanBangladeshNepal
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Antecedents
- Boundaries
- Internal divisions
- Political history
- Varman dynasty (c. 350 – c. 650)
- Mlechchha dynasty (c. 655 – c. 900 CE)
- Pala dynasty (c. 900 – c. 1100)
- Breakup and End of Kamarupa
- Beginning of Kamata
- State
- See also
- Notes
- References
Kamarupa (; also called Pragjyotisha or Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa), an early state during the Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, was (along with Davaka) the first historical kingdom of Assam. The Kamrupa word first appeared in the Samudragupta Allahabad Edict before that there is no mention of existence of this word.
Though Kamarupa prevailed from 350 to 1140 CE, Davaka was absorbed by Kamarupa in the 5th century CE. Ruled by three dynasties from their capitals in present-day Guwahati, North Guwahati and Tezpur, Kamarupa at its height covered the entire Brahmaputra Valley, parts of North Bengal, Bhutan and northern part of Bangladesh, and at times portions of what is now West Bengal, Bihar and Sylhet.