| Temples & Legends Of Assam |
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INTRODUCTION |
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| Some present day
Assamese writers hold that when the Tibeto-Burman invaders first migrated into these
alluvial plains, they were greatly attracted by the abundant natural resources and the
unlimited supply of food materials before them. It was for this reason, they say, that the
invaders named the country 'Asam' meaning thereby 'peerless' or 'unique'. There are others who take a longer range of view and say that the name
has existed since the first human habitation of the country. Circumscribed as they were,
they argue, these first inhabitants used wider appellation when speaking of themselves and
said among themselves 'I am the Lord of the land', whence comes the word Aham which in the
later ages degenerated into Asam. |
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