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| Lower Assam or Western Assam is a region of ] (]) situated in the great plains of the ] valley. It was home to the kingdom of ] (3-12 AD). Its largest city is ]. | |||
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| ==History== | |||
| Ancient Lower Assam, known as ] was ruled by powerful dynasties: the Varmanas (c. 350–650 AD), the Salstambhas, c. 655–900 AD) and the Kamarupa-Palas (c. 900–1100 AD). In the reign of the Varman king, Bhaskaravarman (c. 600–650 AD), the Chinese traveler Xuan Zang visited the region and recorded his travels. Later, after weakening and disintegration (after the ]-Palas), the ] tradition was somewhat extended until c. 1255 AD by the Lunar I (c. 1120–1185 AD) and Lunar II (c. 1155–1255 AD) dynasties. | |||
| ==Demography== | |||
| The ethnic composition of '''Lower Assam''' consists of ] along with tribes like ]s in the northern part of Lower Assam while ]s in the south and ]es in the southwest. | |||
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| ==Festivals== | |||
| Primarily festivals like ], ], ], ] along with dozens of other ] are celebrated. Harvesting festivals are also widely celebrated all around ]. | |||
| ==Religion== | |||
| ] is primary religion of Lower Assam which is further divided into ] and ]. | |||
| ==Culture== | |||
| Villages still contained the traditional Vedic culture while in case of towns and cities it relaxed a bit. Vedic culture largely flourished in the reign of ] (350-374),the founder of great ] of ] Kingdom and which reached its zenith in the reign of ] (600-650). | |||
| ==Language== | |||
| ] is spoken in once undivided ] district areas while Goalparya is spoken in once undivided ] district areas and ], ], ] languages are spoken in respective tribal belts. Genealogically, ] belongs to the group of Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, here marked in yellow. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| ==Notes and references== | |||
| http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/310471/Kamarupa | |||
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| Kamarupa by Verne David Wilt | |||
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| Kamarupa by Raghupatisahaya Gorakhpuri | |||
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| The Social History of Kamarupa by Nagendranath Vasu | |||
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| Kāmarūpa-Kaliṅga-Mithilā:a politico-cultural alignment in Eastern India : history, art, traditions by Chandra Dhar Tripathi, Indian Institute of Advanced Study | |||
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