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ASSAM

• The word 'Assam' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Asoma'
• Its meaning is peerless, reflected in the exquisite natural beauty, cultural richness and human wealth. During the Mahabharata age, it was known as Pragjyotish (Land of Eastern Light).
• In the Puranas and Tantras, Assam was referred to as Kamrupa- the land where Kamadeva, the God of Love, was reborn.
• In ancient times Assam constituted a part of the land known successively as Pragjyotisha or Pragjyotishpura, and Kamarupa.
• Asom (Axom) or its anglicized version Assam is a comparatively modern name.
• The exact origin of the name vary with some ascribing it to the Bodo word Ha-Cham which means ‘low level country and a second view ascribing it to the word Asama, meaning ‘unequalled’ or ‘peerless’,and used to denote the Ahoms, a Shan tribe which ruled the land for six centuries from the 13th century A.D.
• • • It was during the Varmana dynasty that Assam was chronicled
    in the SI-YUKI, the famed travelogue of Hiuen-Tsang, a Chinese pilgrim
• • After 600 years of the Ahom-Kingdom, Assam became part of British India in 1826 and then a
  constituent state of Independent India.

KATHAMANDU

• kathamandu is also spelled katmandu or kantipur.
• capital of nepal
• It was found in 723 by raja gunakamadeva
• Its early name was manju-patan
• The present name refers to wooden temple
• It is said to have been built from a wood of a single tree by raja lachmina singh in 1596
• KATH means WOOD n MANDIR means TEMPLE
• kathmandu has served as the seat of the ruling shah family of the gurkha people since 1768

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