Ahom Kingdom
The Ahom kingdom (/ˈɑːhɔːm/, 1228–1826) was a late medieval kingdom in the Brahmaputra Valley in Assam. It maintained its sovereignty for nearly 600 years having successfully resisted Mughal expansion in Northeast India.Established by Sukaphaa, a Thai prince from Mong Mao (present-day Yunnan Province, China), it began as a mong in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra based on wet rice agriculture.
Ahom Kingdom 𑜒𑜑𑜪𑜨ahüm | |||||||||||||
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| 1228–1826[1] | |||||||||||||
 The Ahom Kingdom, 1826. | |||||||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||||||
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| Demonym(s) | Ahom • Assamese | ||||||||||||
| Government | Bureaucratic feudalism[3] and Aristocratic monarchy[4] | ||||||||||||
| Chao Pha, Swargadeo[5] | |||||||||||||
• 1228–1268 | Sukaphaa | ||||||||||||
• 1497–1539 | Suhungmung | ||||||||||||
• 1603–1641 | Susenghphaa | ||||||||||||
• 1696–1714 | Sukhrungphaa | ||||||||||||
• 1833–1838 | Purandar Singha | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Age and Colonial Age | ||||||||||||
• | 1228 | ||||||||||||
| 1497 | |||||||||||||
| 1543–68 | |||||||||||||
| 1615–1682 | |||||||||||||
| 1769 | |||||||||||||
| 1817 | |||||||||||||
• | 1826[1] | ||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
| 1826[6] | 41,957.807 km2 (16,200.000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1711[7] | 2,880,000 | ||||||||||||
• 1833[8] | 2,50,000 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Ahom coinage | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | India Myanmar | ||||||||||||
It expanded suddenly under Suhungmung in the 16th century and became multi-ethnic in character, casting a profound effect on the political and social life of the entire Brahmaputra valley. The kingdom became weaker with the rise of the Moamoria rebellion, and subsequently fell to repeated Burmese invasions of Assam. With the defeat of the Burmese after the First Anglo-Burmese War and the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826, control of the kingdom passed into East India Company hands.
Ahom Kingdom Media
The early Ahom territories.
Charaideo Maidams – UNESCO World Heritage Site, Assam
King Siva Singha and Bar–Raja Ambika riding litter
Ahom King Siva Singha riding elephant with attendants
Silver rupee of Rudra Singha
Ahom king Rudra Singha receiving the kings of the Dimasa and the Jaintia kingdoms in his court.
Weapons and firearms of Ahom kingdom. The swords and the shield belongs to 17th century whereas the firearm is from 1743.
Notes
- ↑ After King Sutamla officially converted to Hinduism.
References
- ↑ "After 1770 started its period of decline-civil wars and depopulation followed by foreign occupations culminating in the final eclipse of 1826 by its take-over by the British." (Guha 1983:9)
- ↑ "Their formal conversion to Hinduism did not however take place before 1648 and the new attachment became stable only towards the end of the century." (Guha 1983:21–22)
- ↑ (Gohain 1974:68)
- ↑ "(T)he Ahom system was in reality both 'monarchical' and 'aristocratical' as Captain Welsh pointed out long ago" (Sarkar 1992:3)
- ↑ Sarkar (1992, pp. 6–7)
- ↑ (Hazarika 1987:1)
- ↑ "It is suggested that the actual population of the Ahom territories up to the Manas ranged from two to three millions over one-and-a-half century ending 1750." (Guha 1978:26–30)
- ↑ (Dutt 1958:464)
- ↑ Assam State Museum. Bulletin of the Assam State Museum, Gauhati Issues 5-6 (in en) (1985)Department of Archaeology and Assam State Museum. p. 104.
