KAMARUPA AND ASSAM

KAMARUPA AND ASSAM

The history of the kingdom of Kamarupa till the thirteenth century is obscure. The Ahoms entered the Brahmaputra valley from north Burma and founded a kingdom in its eastern region in the first part of the thirteenth century. Sukapha was the founder of the dynasty. He extended the territory in the west at the cost of Kamarupa. The influence of Brahmanical Hinduism began to gain ground in Ahom in the early fifteenth century AD. Suhungmung (1497-1539) reigned as Svarga Narayan. The Ahom kingdom became the target of Mughal invasions in the seventeenth century.