Ahom
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The identity and culture of high-caste Hindu Assamese centers largely on the northeastern part of the Brahmaputra River valley where the Ahom dynasty ruled until the 1800s, an area commonly referred to as Upper Assam.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2021
Assam was once Hindoo but had long become Buddhist under its Ahom kings, and now became converted to Hindooism, by Brahmins from Bengal.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de
The Ahom language is the oldest member of the Tai branch of the Siamese-Chinese linguistic family of which we have any record.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
This system known by the name of “Lalloop,” and by us often miscalled “forced labour,” was much the same as formerly existed in Assam under its Ahom Rajahs.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de
In the time of Aurangzeb the Ahom kings held sway over the entire Brahmaputra valley from Sadiya to near Goalpara, and from the skirts of the southern hills to the Bhutia frontier on the north.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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