The History Of Guwahati
The history of Assam is shaped by a union of people from the east, west and the north, the convergence of the Tibeto-Burman, Indo-Aryan, Austro-Asiatic cultures and many more. The history of Assam has been derived from multiple sources. Some like Ramayana, Mahabharata, Kalika Purana, Yogini Tantra, Bishnu Purana, etc has the pre history of Assam as Pragjyotishpur. Later, during the ancient times, Prasastis of Samudragupta also has mentions about Kamarupa, the various rock inscriptions, copper plates, royal grants, etc. During the medieval times the buranjis of Ahom Kingdom says a lot about Assam History. The country known as Pragjyotisha in most ancient times and as Kamarupa in medieval times has been mentioned in both Ramayana and Mahabharata. The ancient name of Guwahati was Pragjyotishpur. Prehistoric Assam is reconstructed from epics and literature from early times. According to Mahabharata, Pragjyotishpur included the area of the greater part of modern Assam together with ...