Regions of Assam
The Regions of Assam are non-administrative units in the Indian state of Assam with a common historical past. Not all these regions are mutually exclusive.
The Regions
Assam Proper: This is the region that is constituted by the five colonial districts that were originally in the Ahom kingdom. The districts were: Undivided Kamrup district, Darrang, Nagaon, Lakhimpur and Sibsagar.
Goalpara region: This is the region between the Sankosh and the manas rivers on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river, with a corresponding region on the south bank.
Kamrup region: This is the region between the Manas river in the west and the Barnadi river on the east on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river, with a corresponding region on the south bank.
Barak Valley: The Barak Valley in Assam, North Kachar (Dima Hasao), Kachar, Hailakandi and Karimgonj districts are often called Ishan Banga and South Assam,[1] which together formed the erstwhile undivided Cachar district, a part of the Kachari kingdom, that was under the command of Gobinda Chandra.
Notes
- ^ (Tunga 1995, p. 1)
References
- Dutta, Birendranath (1995). A Study of the Folk Culture of the Goalpara Region of Assam. Guwahati, Assam: University Publication Department, Gauhati University.
- Tunga, S. S. (1995). Bengali and Other Related Dialects of South Assam. Delhi: Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788170995883. Retrieved 19 February 2013.