Kamrup region

Kamrup
Kamarupa
Location of Kamrup
Coordinates: 26°15′N 91°30′E / 26.25°N 91.5°E / 26.25; 91.5
CountryIndia
Ancient capitalPragjyotishpura, Durjaya
CityBarpeta, Guwahati, Nalbari, Palashbari, Rangiya
Population
 (2011)
 • Total6,000,000
Time zoneUTC+5.30 (UTC+05:30 (IST))
Area codes0361
Websitewww.barpeta.nic.in
www.kamrupmetro.nic.in
www.kamrup.nic.in
www.nalbari.nic.in

Kamrup is the modern region situated between two rivers, the Manas and the Barnadi in Western Assam, with the same territorial extent as the Colonial and post-Colonial "Undivided Kamrup district".[1][2] It was the capital region of two of the three dynasties of Kamarupa and Guwahati, the current political center of Assam, is situated here. It is characterized by its cultural artifacts.[3]

  1. ^ Pratap Chandra Choudhury, The history of civilisation of the people of Assam to the twelfth century , Page 448, 1959 The Kamapitha of the Tantras was no other than Kamarupa and Kamakhya.
  2. ^ "These theoretical divisions are not known from the early epigraphic records and may have been fabricated in the late medieval period." (Sircar 1990, p. 68)
  3. ^ Upendranath Goswami (1970), A Study on Kāmrūpī: A Dialect of Assamese

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