Forgotten Kingdoms
Dynasties the Brahmaputra outlived.
The Ahoms ruled Assam for six centuries. The Manipuri kings held court at Kangla. The Tripuri Maharajas built palaces on tank-water. Most travellers have never heard their names.
Sivasagar, Upper Assam
The Ahom Kingdom — Six Hundred Years on the Brahmaputra
1228 – 1826
From Sukaphaa's crossing of the Patkai in 1228 to the Treaty of Yandabo, the Ahoms ruled the Brahmaputra valley for nearly six centuries and repelled seventeen Mughal invasions.
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