Asura Kingdom (Sonitpura Kingdom) is a mythological kingdom that is mentioned in a multiple of Hindu epics[1] which later came to be associated with modern-day Tezpur in central Assam and Banasura Hill in Kerala. The kingdom was contemporary of Pragjyotisha. In Puranic literature, Pragjyotisha and Sonitpura were located to the north-west of the Indian subcontinent in what is modern-day Punjab and Sindh.[2] In Assam, the name of the legendary kingdom might be applied to the local inhabitants who were outside of the Hindu fold.[3] In Kalika purana, Banasura, the last ruler of the asura kingdom is represented as an anti-Brahminical character.[4]
^Caudhurī 1985, p. 67.
^(Shin 2018:36)
^Shin (2018), p. 321:"These accounts show the Puranic perception of the Saiva cult in early medieval Kamarupa, which consisted largely of popular cults of local inhabitants or people out of the Brahmanical ambit."
^Shin (2018), p. 321: "(H)e was imagined or represented as an anti-Brahminical character in the Kalika Purana.."
AsuraKingdom (Sonitpura Kingdom) is a mythological kingdom that is mentioned in a multiple of Hindu epics which later came to be associated with modern-day...
a portion of Assam are included in this list. The kingdom was contemporary of Pragjyotisha Kingdom of Kamarupa. First legendary line of rulers in Pragjyotisha...
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eastern coast. At the same time towards the east in central Assam, AsuraKingdom was ruled by another line of kings. Evidence indicates presence of civilisation...
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