A sophisticated heirarchy was present, like a modern day army.
The kingdom could enforce conscription if required during war time.
The Barua rank
Heng Dang (Ahom sword) .
This type sword was used by members of the ruling Ahom dynasty and the high ranking courtiers and commanders. Nowadays it has a ceremonial use in Assamese weddings . The scabbard .. with bands of gold or silver denoted rank.
The Ahom calender was based on the Lakli San or Jovian Calender.
Brihaspati Samvatsar Chakra in Hindu culture, based on 60 year cycle of Jupiter
Also called Tao Singa by the Ahom. The Chinese also had an equivalent
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Portuguese version of “Islam was not always imposed, just look at Taj Mahal”
Well not quite, for as Pliny The Elder says in the 1st Century AD
“In no year does India drain our empire of less than five hundred and fifty million sesterces, giving back her own wares in exchange, which are sold to us at fully hundred times their prime cost”
Military control of trade routes was a new dynamic that Europeans brought in. Earlier that control happened via an interdependent economy. Involving India, Arabia and the East African coast.
Where India failed was in recognising this new form of mercantilist behaviour.
While environmental concerns should be addressed, buddhi jeevis should not be allowed to hijack India's Inland Water Transport and destroy it.
We are already behind the whole world.
Canada and United States
St Lawrence seaway. Runs for 600 km and raises ships 170m via a series of locks between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Superior.
Ships of considerable size - 200m long, can transport goods from anywhere in the world right into America's Midwest using the St Lawrence seaway system.
For a route that shaved 3000 miles off the distance to India and provided a short cut that brought a months long voyage to weeks, the main opposition to it came from... Great Britain !
A canal through the desert had been given serious by Napolean Bonaparte during his Egypt invasion. His engineers had told him it was not feasible. Finally, it was another Frenchman - Ferdinand Lesseps who built it.