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Name: Pragjyotisha Kingdom

Type: Polity

Start: 1149 BC

End: 1000 BC

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Pragjyotisha was a kingdom that later came to be associated with the historical Kamarupa. It was located in Assam, India.

Establishment

  • January 1149 BC: Pragjyotisha was a mythological kingdom that later came to be associated with the historical Kamarupa. The first mentions of this kingdom are found in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. According ot the Ramayana, the kingdom was placed near Mount Varaha on the sea and was known as the Kosha-karanam-bhumi ("the country of cocoon rearers").

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    Disestablishment

  • January 999 BC: The Pragjyotisha Kingdom disappeared at the end of the early indian historic period.

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