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Assam History Note From A Book - 1
Assam History Note From A Book - 1
Assam History Note From A Book - 1
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from the earlier phases, but also gave the culture itself
7. Ibid, P.253.
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culture were very few and so also the number of those who
the Aryan God, Indra. but in practice they were given the
status of Sudra only, and not of Khat riya. Not only the
Ahoms, even the high caste Hindus like Kayasthas and the
that "a Chandala whose body, word and mind are turned
communi ties.
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the sat ras were adopted from the tribes. As pointed out
It was also for this reason, as well as, for the tribal
22. S.K. Bhuyan, (ed.), Asam Buranji (obtained from the family
of Sukumar Mahanta, hence abbreviated, Sukumar Mahanta, Asam
Buranji), Gauhati, 1960, P.17.
23. Ibid, P.70.
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the Ahoms, they were not so. On the other hand, Assamese
part of India 31
towards the west, "as they feared that any relation with
ending 1750'^^.
nut was adopted from the Khasis. Much like the tribes,
ano ther.
Assam till date are confined only to the elite women like
Survey of Literature
of the
period. J.N. Phukan, in his unpublished Ph.D.
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thesis The Economic History of Assam Under the Ahoms
treats the economic conditions of the period. S.L.
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Barua's A Comprehensive History of Assam contains a
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