The Kachari kingdom was a powerful and advanced kingdom in medieval Assam. The rulers belonged to the greater Bodo-Kachari group. The Kachari kingdom and others (Kamata, Chutiya), led by chieftains of indigenous tribes, developed in the wake of the Kamarupa kingdom. Remnant of the Kachari kingdom existed till the advent of the British, and this kingdom gave its name to two present districts in Assam: Cachar and North Cachar Hills. Assam (Assamese: অসম, Hindi: असम; Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur. ... The Kamata kingdom appeared in the western part of the older Kamarupa kingdom in the 13th century, after the fall of the Pala dynasty. ... The Chutiya kingdom was established by Birpal in 1187 in northeastern Assam, with the capital at Sadiya. ... Kamarupa is the ancient name of the kingdom/region that consisted of the Brahmaputra valley and adjoining region. ... Cachar is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. ... North Cachar Hills is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. ...

The origin of the Kachari kingdom is not clear. Some historians speculate that they are the remnants of the Mlechchha dynasty of Kamarupa kingdom. By the 13th century the Kachari kingdom extended along southern Brahmaputra, from Dikhu to Kallang and included the valley of Dhansiri and present North Cachar Hills district. According to tradition, the Kachari settlements to the east of Dhansiri withdrew before the Ahom advance. The Chutiya kingdom existed further east and the Kamata kingdom to its west. Kamarupa is the ancient name of the kingdom/region that consisted of the Brahmaputra valley and adjoining region. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... The Brahmaputra is one of the major rivers of Asia. ... The Tai Ahoms ruled parts of present day Assam for nearly 600 years: from 1228 to 1826. ... The Chutiya kingdom was established by Birpal in 1187 in northeastern Assam, with the capital at Sadiya. ... The Kamata kingdom appeared in the western part of the older Kamarupa kingdom in the 13th century, after the fall of the Pala dynasty. ...

Hostilities with Ahoms

The Ahoms settled into the tract between the Chutiya and the Kachari kingdoms that was inhabited by the Borahi and Matak peoples. The first clash with the Ahoms took place in 1490, in which the Ahoms were defeated. The Ahoms sued for peace, and an Ahom princess was offered to the Kachari king and the Kachari took control of the land beyond the Dhansiri. But the Ahoms were getting powerful and pushed the Kacharis back west. In 1526 the Kacharis defeated the Ahoms in a battle, but in the same year they were defeated in a second battle. In 1531 the Ahoms advanced up to Dimapur, the capital of the Kachari kingdom, removed Khunkhara the Kachari king and installed Detsung in his place. But in 1536 the Ahoms attacked the Kachari capital once again and sacked the city. The Kacharis abandoned Dimapur and retreated south to set up their new capital in Maibong. Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... Events January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. ... Events January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. ... Dimapur is Indian state of Nagalands largest city. ... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

At Maibong

At Maibong, the Kacharis came under Brahmin influence, and their genealogy was drawn from Bhima of the Pandavas, who married Hidimba and who had a son by the name of Ghatotkacha. The kingdom then came to be known as Heramba, and the rulers Herambeswar. In the Mahabharata, the Pandava are the five acknowledged sons of Pandu, by his two wives Kunti and Madri. ...

According to an account (Darrang Bansabali) Chilarai attacked the Kachari kingdom in the 16th century but did not consolidate the Koch rule. A small colony of Koch soldiers, who came to be known as Dehans, enjoyed special privileges in the Kachari kingdom. By the 17th century the Kachari rule extended into the plains of Cachar. A conflict with the Jaintia king over the region of Dimarua led to a battle and the defeat of the Jaintia king (Dhan Manik). Shukladhwaj, or more popularly Chilarai, was the younger brother of Nara Narayana, the king of Koch Behar in the 16th century. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Jaintia was an ancient hill kingdom in Assam. ...

After the death of Dhan Manik, Satrudaman the Kachari king, installed Jasa Manik on the throne who is said to have manipulated events to bring the Kacharis into conflict with the Ahoms once again in 1618. Satrudaman, the most powerful Kachari king, ruled over Dimarua in Nagaon district, North Cachar, Dhansiri valley, plains of Cachar and parts of eastern Sylhet. After his conquest of Sylhet, he stuck coins in his name. Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... Nagaon is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. ...

At Khaspur

The region of Khaspur was originally a part of the Tripura kingdom, which was taken over by Chilarai in the 16th century. The region was ruled by a tributary ruler, Kamalnarayana, the brother of Chilarai. After the decline of Koch power, Khaspur became independent. In the middle of the 18th century, the last of the Koch rulers died without an hier and the control of the kingdom went to the ruler of the Kachari kingdom. After the merger, the capital of the Kachari kingdom moved to Khaspur, near present-day Silchar. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Silchar (Xilsôr) is the headquarters of Cachar district in the state of Assam in India. ...

British occupation

After Gobinda Chandra the British annexed the Kachari kingdom under the Doctrine of lapse. At the time of British annexation, the kingdom consisted of parts of Nagaon and Karbi Anglong; North Cachar, Cachar and the Jiri frontier of Manipur. The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General of India between 1848 and 1856. ... Manipur is a state in northeastern India making its capital in the city of Imphal. ...

Rulers

At Dimapur

• Bicharpatipha
• Vikramadityapha
• Mahamanipha
• Manipha
• Ladapha
• Khorapha
• Khunkhorapha
• Detsungpha

At Maibong

• Nirbhay Narayan (1540-c1550)
• Durlabh Narayan or Harmesvar (c1550-1576)
• Megha Narayana (1576-1583)
• Satrrudaman (Pratap Narayan, Jasa Narayan) (1583-1613)
• Nar Narayan (1613-)
• Bhimdarpa Narayan (Bhimbal Konwar) (-1637)
• Indraballabh Narayan (1637-)
• Birdarpa Narayan (-1681)
• Garurdhwaj Narayan
• Makardhwaj
• Udayaditya
• Tamradhwaj Narayan (1699-1708)
• Queen Chandraprabha
• Suradarpa Narayan (-1730)
• Dharmadhwaj Narayan (Harischandra Narayan)
• Kirichandra Narayan (1735-1745)
• Gopichandra Narayan (1745-1757)

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• Harischandra II (1757-1772)
• Krishnachandra Narayan (1772-1813)
• Gobindchandra Narayan (1813-1830)

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References

• Gait, Edward A. A History of Assam, Calcutta 1906.
• Barpujari, S. K. History of the Dimasas (from the earliest times to 1896AD), Haflong, 1997.