Kamarupa Kingdom
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Kamarupa, first mentioned on Samudragupta's Allahabad rock pillar as a frontier kingdom, began as a subordinate but sovereign ally of the Gupta empire around present-day Guwahati in the 4th century.
Establishment
January 351: Kamarupa, first mentioned on Samudragupta's Allahabad rock pillar as a frontier kingdom, began as a subordinate but sovereign ally of the Gupta empire around present-day Guwahati in the 4th century.
Chronology
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In the VIII century Muktapida, an Indian king of the Karkota dynasty of Kashmir, created a short-lived empire covering most of India.
January 741: Karkota ruler Lalitaditya Muktapida conquered extensive territories in India and Central Asia.
January 761: Karkota ruler Lalitaditya Muktapida conquered extensive territories in India and Central Asia.
The kingdom of Varendra originated in a revolt in northern Bengal against the rule of the Pala Empire.
January 1073: The kingdom of Varendra, originated in the so-called rebellion of Varendra or the Kaivartes, was an ephemeral kingdom of northern Bengal split from the rule of the Pala Empire arising from a revolt against King Mahipala II led by Divya.
January 1083: Around 1082 King Pala Rampala managed to destroy the kingdom of Valendra.
January 401: The Davaka Kingdom is referenced in the 4th century Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta.
January 501: The Nagajari Khanikargaon rock inscription of 5th century found in Sarupathar in Golaghat district of Assam adduces the fact that the kingdom spread to the east very quickly. Kalyanavarman (422-446) occupied Davaka and Mahendravarman (470-494) further eastern areas.
January 502: Narayanavarma (494-518) and his son Bhutivarman (518-542) offered the ashwamedha (horse sacrifice); and as the Nidhanpur inscription of Bhaskarvarman avers, these expansions included the region of Chandrapuri visaya, identified with present-day Sylhet division.
January 601: Gaur invasion of Kamarupa.
February 601: Kamarupa Kingdom regains its territories.
January 650: In 649, the chieftain of the Mengshe tribe, Xinuluo, founded the Great Meng and took the title of Qijia Wang ("Outstanding King"). He acknowledged Tang suzerainty.
January 751: Expansion of the Kamarupa kingdom during the 7th and 8th century.
January 801: Small independent monarchies began to develop in modern-day Bhutan by the early 9th century.
January 901: Kamarupa invasion of Pragjyotisha, where the king submitted.
January 1001: Encouraged by the Pala decline, the King Harjara of Assam established an independent kingdom.
January 1071: The Varmans, a ruling dynasty of the Kamarupa Kingdom, occupied eastern Bengal in 1070.
January 1098: The Simroun, Karnat or Dev dynasty originated with an establishment of a kingdom in 1097 CE headquartered at present day Simroungarh in Bara district. The kingdom controlled the areas today known as Tirhoot or Mithila in Nepal and Bihar of India.
January 1101: Kamarupa was attacked and the western portion was conquered by the Pala king Ramapala.
January 1101: Kamarupa proper was confined to the south bank of Brahmaputra, with the power center still at Kamarupanagara.
January 1188: The Chutia Kingdom (1187-1523) was a late medieval state that developed around Sadiya in Assam and adjoining areas in Arunachal Pradesh. It extended over almost the entire region of present districts of Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Tinsukia and some parts of Dibrugarh.
January 1229: Prithu was the ruler of the Kamarupa Kingdom, while Ghiyasuddin Iwaj Shah was the ruler of Gauda. Nasiruddin Mahmud was the ruler of the Sultanate of Delhi. In 1228, after invading Kamarupa, Ghiyasuddin was defeated, captured, and killed by Nasiruddin Mahmud.
January 1230: Delhi sultan Nasir-ud-din installed a tributary king but after his death in 1229 the control of Kamarupa lapsed back to local rulers.
Disestablishment
January 1258: The Kamata Kingdom emerged in western Kamarupa probably when Sandhya, a ruler of Kamarupanagara, moved his capital west to Kamatapur sometime after 1257 CE.
January 1258: Sandhya moved his capital from Kamarupanagara to Kamatapur (North Bengal) and established a new kingdom, that came to be called Kamata.
Selected Sources
Schwartzberg, J. E. (1992); A Historical Atlas of South Asia, Chicago (USA), p. 146
