Thread by @authorAneesh

Having once shown his deep knowledge about Chhatrapati Shivaji , Harvard Professor now displays his knowledge about the Ahom Dynasty 🙄🙄

@sarbanandsonwal

First, the era you have mentioned about, it was common to invade and expand POLITICAL power. Kingdoms rose, grew, fell - nothing new.

What matters is how the Tai Ahom adapted themselves to Assam.

Very strange that a fellow who keeps wishing for some United Bangla (may I ask why do we have Separated Bangla ?) ,points fingers at Assam 🤣🤣

Btw.. Gopinath Bordoloi , the reason why Assam is in India was an Ahom.

Yes, they had origins in Yunnan province, but fully adopted and enriched Assam as their own. They followed a different religion - Fralung. But there is no instance of Hindu temples being broken or people being forcibly converted.

Imagine if these invasions had been successful. Perhaps Assam would have joined itself to East Pakistan. Reason enough to celebrate Tai Ahom ?

Also, our current problems are with the Han Chinese. The tribe referred to here is the Tai Ahom.

Direct progression from Tai names to Indian ones. They adapted to Assam. Didn't make Assam adapt to them.

Tai Ahoms patronised Sanskrit and Hindu religion.

Coin of Rudra Singha.

Which invader has built temples like these anywhere in India ?

The religion followed by the Tai Ahom initially was Fralung. Many tenets are resonant with Hinduism , Jainism , Buddhism. An Indic religion.

The Tai Ahoms later, as a sign that they were Chinese invaders, associated themselves with Indra , Digpal of the Ishanya direction. The dynasty came to be designated as Indravanshi

Note the elephant.

Temple of Aswaklanta - Literally , the place where horses halted (Shri Krishna's horses)

Built by Shiva Singha in 1720.

By the 18th century, those whom you call invaders had contributed this

dnaindia.com/analysis/colum…

Ok wait.. maybe all this is too much knowledge.

The " Chinese invader" mentioned here is Lachit Borphukan. He served under Chakradhwaj Singha and Jayadhwaj Singha.

This is a Sanskrit inscription commemorating his victory over Mughals. Why not in Chinese I wonder.

Lachit Barphukan effectively blocked Mughal inroads into Assam. Sufficient reason to built 100 statues.

More about him --

Lachit Barphukan was in 1660s. Tai Ahom arrived in Assam in early 13th century.

In between they adopted many Hindu customs, built temples and did not indulge in forcible conversions. The Raja became the Praja.

Nengheriting temple --

Assam has always been part of India

aneeshbooks.com/assam-and-nort…

@nandinisgTOI .. here is the thread

Do post a couple of lines about Brahmaputra :)

@VoiceOfAxom @BorahBedabrata @GSVKapoor

How come Manas river name, which comes from Manasa devi - wasn't replaced by some Chinese name ?

In fact ALL of Assam has retained its pre Ahom identity intact. Including Pragjyotishpur.

Which of these books has this fellow read I would really like to know

What the then Assam Chief Minister Sharat Chandra Sinha had to say in 1976