Assam.

State of Assam.

Assam is the Gateway to the North East and is dominated by the mighty river
Brahmaptra that has its origin from Tibet. A large part of the satate of Assam
is located in the valley created by the river Brahmaputra over ages.
The population of Assam is 35 million with an area of 33000 square-miles.
It is divided into 27 revenue districts. Its official language is Assamese.
The capital of Assam is Dispur in Guwahati.

The state’s population includes a blend of Dravid Aryans and Tibet Burmese.
Assam is very popular on account of Assam’s most popular brands of Tea.
Assam Tea is strong sturdy and satisfying. It meets with the need of tea
For rural masses. They range in colour amber and copper red. Better varieties of Tea in Assam have malt aroma and some brands also carry a slight honey fragrance.
Assam’s tea is Morning’s best with slight enhanced proportion of milk.

Assam has successfully conserved the famous one horned Rhinoceros from near
Extinction along with Tiger and numerous other species of other birds
and reptiles and it provides habitat to the famous Asian Elephant.

It has become an increasingly popular destination for wild life tourism and Kaziranga and Manas are both world heritage sites. Assam is known for its Sal tree forests which are quite depleted these days.

TheKaziranga National Park houses large number of one horned famous Rhinoceros.
Assam is also known for its scenic beauty. One can view gushing rivers on one side,
And snow capped mountains on the other side. and lush forests in between.
Assam, a land of high rainfall, it is endowed with lush greenery and the
Mighty river Brahamputra, whose tributaries and lakes provide the region with
Unique hydrogeomorphic and aesthetic environment.

River Brahamputra is the life line of Assam is a paleo river older than the Himalayas.
The river with stiff gorges and rapids from the Arunachal Pradesh enters Assam,
Takes form of a mighty river as wide as ten miles at times, with its tributaries and
Finally enters Bangladesh with new name Surma.
Assam and adjoining areas of Assam bears evidence of human settlements from the Stone Age. The hilly areas were ideal for settlements probably due to availability of exposed doleritic Basalt, useful for tool-making.

According to Kalika Purana written in Assamese, earliest rulers of Assam were
Mahiranga, followed by Hatak, Sambar, Ratna and Ghatak. Naraka removed this line of
The rulers and established his own Naraka line of dynasty. The last of the Naraka rulers
Narakasura was destroyed by Lord Krishna. His son Bhagdatta who name finds place of mention in the Mahabharata epic had fought the Pandava-Kaurava war at Kurukshetra.
He had helped and fought from the side of the Kauravas against the Pandavas with an
Army of Kiratas Chinas. The later rulers of Assam drew their hereditary lineage from Naraaka rulers.


Ancient Assam known as Kamrodesh was ruled by powerful dynasties like Vamanas
(350-650AD), the Salashtastambhas (655-900AD) the Kamapura Palas (900-1100AD) follwed by the luner dynasty (1120-1255AD). The Ahom and the Koch dynasties ruled from (1200-1800). It reached its zenith during their period but the British had an eye on this territory for quite a while. They managed and manoeuvred to make unrest and agitation. It fell to Mogul invaders for some period. The British took over
Portion by portion of Assam and annexed it to Eastern Bengal gradually over the years.
Assam including Arunachalpradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, became part of the Union of India, and Sylhet joined East Pakistan in 1947.

In 1947, at the time of the partition, Assam lost some of its territory to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The dominant Brahmaputra valley is the fertile land of Assam.

Mahayana Buddhism was prevalent in Assam. Relics of Tezpur Malini, thar Khamakhaya
And Madan Kam Dev Temple are evidence of Mahayana Buddhism prevalent here.

Assam was dominated by Ahom Rulers for more than 600 years. They rules Assam virtually uninterrupted for six centuries until their kingdom fell to British in 1826.