Bureaucratic feudalism[3] and Aristocratic monarchy[4]
Chao Pha, Swargadeo[5]
• 1228–1268
Sukaphaa
• 1497–1539
Suhungmung
• 1603–1641
Susenghphaa
• 1696–1714
Sukhrungphaa
• 1833–1838
Purandar Singha
History
• Established by Sukaphaa
1228
• Re-organization under King Suhungmung
1497
• Koch-Ahom conflicts
1543–68
• Ahom–Mughal conflicts
1615–1682
• Moamaria rebellion
1769
• Burmese invasion of Assam
1817
• Britain seizes control
1826[1]
Area
1826[6]
41,957.807 km2 (16,200.000 sq mi)
Population
• 1711[7]
2,880,000
• 1833[8]
2,50,000
Currency
Ahom coinage
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kamarupa Kingdom
Konbaung dynasty
Colonial Assam
Today part of
India Myanmar
Part of a series on the
History of Assam
Proto-historic
Pragjyotisha Kingdom
Danava Dynasty
Bhauma Dynasty
Sonitpura Kingdom
Medieval
Kamarupa Kingdom
Varman Dynasty
Davaka Dynasty
Mlechchha Dynasty
Pala Dynasty
Late Medieval
Chutia Kingdom
Dimasa Kingdom
Kamata Kingdom
Ahom Kingdom
Koch Kingdom
Baro-Bhuyan
Moamoria rebellion
Modern
Colonial Assam
Assam Province
Contemporary
Assam Movement
Sources
Kamarupa inscriptions
Buranji
Categories
Architecture
Palaces
Forts
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Ahom dynasty
List of Ahom kings
1
Sukaphaa
1228–1268
2
Suteuphaa
1268–1281
3
Subinphaa
1281–1293
4
Sukhaangphaa
1293–1332
5
Sukhrangpha
1332–1364
Interregnum
1364–1369
6
Sutuphaa
1369–1376
Interregnum
1376–1380
7
Tyao Khamti
1380–1389
Interregnum
1389–1397
8
Sudangphaa
1397–1407
9
Sujangphaa
1407–1422
10
Suphakphaa
1422–1439
11
Susenphaa
1439–1488
12
Suhenphaa
1488–1493
13
Supimphaa
1493–1497
14
Suhungmung
1497–1539
15
Suklenmung
1539–1552
16
Sukhaamphaa
1552–1603
17
Susenghphaa
1603–1641
18
Suramphaa
1641–1644
19
Sutingphaa
1644–1648
20
Sutamla
1648–1663
21
Supangmung
1663–1670
22
Sunyatphaa
1670–1672
23
Suklamphaa
1672–1674
24
Suhung
1674–1675
25
Gobar Roja
1675–1675
26
Sujinphaa
1675–1677
27
Sudoiphaa
1677–1679
28
Sulikphaa
1679–1681
29
Supatphaa
1681–1696
30
Sukhrungphaa
1696–1714
31
Sutanphaa
1714–1744
32
Sunenphaa
1744–1751
33
Suremphaa
1751–1769
34
Sunyeophaa
1769–1780
35
Suhitpangphaa
1780–1795
36
Suklingphaa
1795–1811
37
Sudingphaa
1811–1818
38
Purandar Singha
1818–1819
39
Sudingphaa
1819–1821
40
Jogeswar Singha
1821–1822
41
Purandar Singha
1833–1838
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The Ahom kingdom (/ˈɑːhɔːm/, 1228–1826)[1] was a late medieval[9] kingdom in the Brahmaputra Valley (present-day Assam) that retained its independence for nearly 600 years despite encountering Mughal expansion in Northeast India. Established by Sukaphaa, a Tai prince from Mong Mao (present-day Yunnan Province, China), it began as a mong in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra based on wet rice agriculture. It expanded suddenly under Suhungmung in the 16th century[10] and became multi-ethnic in character, casting a profound effect on the political and social life of the entire Brahmaputra valley. The kingdom became weaker with the rise of the Moamoria rebellion, and subsequently fell to repeated Burmese invasions of Assam. With the defeat of the Burmese after the First Anglo-Burmese War and the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826, control of the kingdom passed into East India Company hands.
Though it came to be called the Ahom kingdom in the colonial and subsequent times, it was largely multi-ethnic, with the ethnic Tai-Ahom people constituting less than 10% of the population toward the end.[11]
People from different ethnic groups became a part of the Ahom population due to the process known as Ahomisation. The identity of the Ahom people in this kingdom was fluid, with the king controlling who belonged to it and who did not.[12] The Ahoms initially called their kingdom Mong Dun Shun Kham till 1401 (Assamese: xunor-xophura; English: casket of gold), but adopted Assam in later times.[13] The British-controlled province after 1838 and later the Indian state of Assam came to be known by this name. The kingdom maintained close political ties with other Tai-states especially with Mong Kwang (Nara) till the end of its rule in the 19th century.[14]
^ ab"After 1770 started its period of decline-civil wars and depopulation followed by foreign occupations culminating in the final eclipse of 1826 by its take-over by the British." (Guha 1983:9)
^Assam State Museum (1985), Bulletin of the Assam State Museum, Gauhati Issues 5-6, Department of Archaeology and Assam State Museum, p. 104
^(Gohain 1974:68)
^"(T)he Ahom system was in reality both 'monarchical' and 'aristocratical' as Captain Welsh pointed out long ago" (Sarkar 1992:3)
^Sarkar (1992, pp. 6–7)
^(Hazarika 1987:1)
^"It is suggested that the actual population of the Ahom territories up to the Manas ranged from two to three millions over one-and-a-half century ending 1750." (Guha 1978:26–30)
^(Dutt 1958:464)
^Nitul Kumar Gogoi (2006). Continuity and Change Among the Ahom. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 65–. ISBN 978-81-8069-281-9.
^"The Chutiya power began to decline with the beginning of the 16th century. Taking advantage of an anarchical condition in the Chutia kingdom under the rule of inefficient Dhirnarayan (c1504–1523), the Ahom King Suhungmung or Dihingia Raja (1497-1539) annexed the kingdom in 1523"(Dutta 1985:29)
^"The Ahoms were never numerically dominant in the state they built and, at the time of 1872 and 1881 censuses, they formed hardly one-tenth of the populations relevant to the erstwhile Ahom territory (i.e, by and large, the Brahmaputra Valley without the Goalpara district.)" (Guha 1983:9)
^(Saikia 2004:140–141) By emphasizing the fluidity of this identity, the swargadeos controlled and directed the continuous movement within and beyond this group which, in turn, never allowed for developing any sense of loyalty to or cohesiveness of the group. Ahom was not an identity to die for in precolonial Assam; in fact, nobody could ever claim ownership of this label because it was left to the discretion of the swargodeo to award or demote a person to and from this status
^"Tributes seem to have flowed to their original state in Upper Burma from Mungdungshunkham and probably the covert colonialism ended in 1401 when the boundary between Mungdungshunkham and the Nara kingdom was finally fixed at the Patkai hills. There is reason to believe that the name Mungdunshunkham is closely associated with this covert colonialism of the time and it automatically disappeared when Mungdunshunkham became Asom after their new name Ahom.(Buragohain 1988:54–55)
^"In his letter, the Mong Kwang ruler requested Kamaleswarsingha (1795-1811) for help against the king of Burma who had invaded his territory. Referring to the close tie existing between the two kingdoms, the Mong Kwang ruler hoped for positive response from the Ahom king to repel the Burmese invaders"(Phukan 1991:892)
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