Talk:Assam

Moved from "Understand"
Moved from "Understand" because (a) we can't have two "History" sections, and there was another one (though not yet so called when it was in the introduction); (b) this contains encyclopedic detail but doesn't have Wikivoyage links that would make it easily usable by travellers. If someone would like to add some of this to the article with useful links that could help travellers find relevant archeological and historical sites, please do.

History and archaeology
Assam is also rich in history and archaeology. In the ancient times, the Kingdom of Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa under at least three successive dynasties for more than 700 years and in the medieval periods the Kingdom of Assam under the Ahoms for 600 years were strong and sovereign kingdoms; no western powers including the great Mughals could invade and occupy the region till the British had come. Apart from several failed attempts by the north Indian kingdoms in the ancient times, the Mughals attempted invading Assam for 17 times, where only once they could get little success in occupying and controlling a major portion only for a small period of two years. Mughals were defeated and completely thrown out from the Brahmaputra Valley in the 17th century. However, Mughals had maintained control on the western territories (now North Bengal) of the Koch Kingdom and in some parts of the Jayantiya Kingdom (a tributary ruler under the Ahoms) - now in Bangladesh. Due to richness and self-sustained nature of the kingdoms in Assam, the rulers hardly attempted any outward aggression leaving only few instances. During the rule of Barman Dynasty of Kamarupa the king Bhaskarvarman occupied the then Gauda (later Bengal) along with its capital city Karnasuvarna in the 7th century; then a major portion of present eastern Bangladesh was a natural part of Kamarupa. In the 17th century, a plan for reoccupying the lost land of the ancient Kamarupa kingdom and destroying the Nawab of Gauda by the Ahom king Rudra Simha was thwarted after the king's sudden death during his organisation of a large amry of 4 hundred thousand  in Guwahati. With such a historic background, Assam possesses hundreds of historic and archaeological sites, where extensive research opportunities and tourism potentials are still left.

Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:24, 21 September 2014 (UTC)

Moved from "Cities"
This is supposed to be a list of up to 9 cities only. One of these can be included to make the list reach its full complement of 9:

Golaghat, Nalbari, Mangaldoi, Barpeta, Kokrajhar, Goalpara, Dhubri (Dhubury), etc. are other small towns and district head quarters. On the other hand Duliajan, Digboi, Namrup, Moran, Bongaigaon, Numaligarh, Jogighopa, etc. are major industrial towns. Currently, there are around 125 total urban centres in the state, with Rangia amongst them. Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:40, 21 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Actually, I was wrong about this: Assam is a bottom-level regional article, so every non-red-linked city should be listed in this article. I'm therefore copying Rangia back into the "Cities" section. Ikan Kekek (talk) 12:59, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * As of 2022, Assam is no longer a bottom-level region. I have grouped the destinations into three regions and by now the "Cities" and "Other destinations" sections should be cleaned up to cover only nine destinations each. @Ikan Kekek, what do you think about this? Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 05:31, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Dispur red link
Dispur, the capital of Assam, is a red link. Would anyone like to start an article about the city? Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:05, 6 October 2015 (UTC)


 * It looks like Dispur should not be treated as a separate city, but as a part of Guwahati, like New Delhi as part of Delhi. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 05:32, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

Why does Assam look like a giant lake on dynamic maps?
Looking at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2025886/history, I don't know what's caused it to appear as such depicted to the right. -- SHB2000  (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta) 11:03, 12 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Isn't the answer to this question always something about an unclosed line on a body of water somewhere? I can't find the previous discussions, but I think we've had several of them. (I suppose it could just be a strange color choice.)  WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:39, 12 June 2023 (UTC)