Upper Assam

Upper Assam is a region in Assam, India.

Cities

 * &mdash; Home to several parks, gardens and temples.
 * &mdash; Home to the first Asian petroleum refinery with an oil museum and heritage wells.
 * &mdash; An old urban centre for Assam, but nevertheless home to wildlife sanctuaries and a UNESCO-listed national park, beautiful views amid ancient ruins, and sacred Hindu and Christian sites from the 17th and 19th centuries.
 * &mdash; Considered by some to be the cultural centre of Assam and the last capital of the mighty Ahom kingdom.
 * &mdash; Claimed to be the largest river island in the world.
 * (Sivasagar) &mdash; The nerve centre and the capital of the Kingdom of Assam under the Ahom Dynasty–earlier known as Rongpur; the region has several palaces, temples, large tanks, ramparts, etc.
 * &mdash; famous for its endless stretches of tea gardens.

Other destinations

 * &mdash; A wonderful habitat of numerous birds; there are feral horses on the islands of the Brahmaputra close to the park.
 * &mdash; A World Heritage Site of UNESCO, it is the largest habitat for one-horned rhinoceros and several other unique flora and fauna. Kaziranga is a grassland on the bank of the Brahmaputra; roughly east of Guwahati.