Talk:Kamarupa (History)

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Some historical points were corrected.

• Pragjyotisha has been mentioned as both the name of the city as well as the kingdom. For example, Bhagadatta in the Mahabharata fought in the battle with "kiratas, chinas and dwellers of the eastern seas". Though in the ancient times, the sea extended much further to the north, there is no evidence that it extended to Guwahati where Pragjyotisha is located. This indicates that at the time of Bhagadatta the kingdom of Pragjyotisha was much bigger than a city. The fact that Pragjyotisha stands both for a city and a kingdom means that the political entity that began as a city state evolved into a kingdom over time. Thus the reference---the capital of Kamarupa was called Pragjyotisha---told only half the story, and so was corrected. --- Chaipau 22:34, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

• The western boundary is the Karatoya, and Xuanzang's account matched the eastern boundary given in Kalika Purana. I have added the eastern boundary, which has been identified as the present-day Digaru river by B K Kakati and P C Choudhury. --- Chaipau 22:34, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

• The Kamarupa kingdom officially ended in the 12th century, when the Khen dynasty moved the capital to Kamatanagara near present-day Cooch Behar, and the kings began calling themselves Kamateshwars, or the "Lord of Kamata". This title was picked up by the later Koch dynasty too. The eastern regions of the erstwhile Kamarupa kingdom was anyway not in control of the Khen and the Koch dynasties, as the Barobhuyan, the Kachari kingdom and the Chutiya kingdom came to rule in these regions. Thus we can say that the Kamarupa kingdom ended in the 12th century. Thus the portion about Naranarayana's dynasty was removed since by that time, the Kamarupa kingdom was really history! --- Chaipau 22:34, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pragjyotisha in Mahabharata

Thanks for the list of references. I have moved the references to Pragjyotisha in the Mahabharata to its own page to avoid clutter and loss of focus in the article. Chaipau 12:28, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removed from Hindu Mythology Project

This page is on the history of Kamarupa and the focus should be on the history and not mythology. Chaipau 14:07, 5 June 2006 (UTC)