Guwahati is the commercial capital of Assam and the gateway to the seven northeastern states of India. The city is located between the southern bank of the river Brahmaputra and the foothills of the Shillong plateau.
The name is derived from two words: guwa (betel nut) and haat(market place).
History
The Ambari Excavations trace habitation in the city to the sixth century. It was a Mughal outpost when they occupied lower Assam, and became the seat of the Borphukan, the Ahom viceroy for the western part of the Ahom kingdom.
There are a number of historical features in Guwahati. The Dighalipukhuri is a rectangular lake that was connected to the Brahmaputra and was probably dug for naval reasons by the Ahoms.
GAUHATI, a town of British India, in the Kamrup district of Eastern Bengal and Assam, mainly on the left or south, but partly on the right bank of the Brahmaputra.
Gauhati is still the headquarters of the district and of the Brahmaputra Valley division, though no longer a military cantonment.
Gauhati is an important centre of river trade, and the largest seat of commerce in Assam.
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