| Temples & Legends Of Assam |
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| Temples & Legends Of
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INTRODUCTION |
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These
interpretations do not stand the test of philology and etymology. The Tibeto - Burmans,
speaking a language different from the Indo-Aryans, could not be expected to use a
nomenclature unknown to them, a compound Sanskrit word (Na+sama). The second derivation,
though philologically permissible, cannot stand for the simple reason that the place name
Assam is of recent origin.
The name of the province, Assam, is connected with the Shan invaders who entered the
Brahmaputra valley in the beginning of the thirteenth century A.D., and who, were known as
Ahoms. The tradition of the Ahoms is that the present name is derived from Asama in the
sense of "unequalled" or "peerless". |
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