Although, many of the younger generations of Assam are proud of being Assamese and its glorious history, unfortunately there is a lack of documentation on the culture and history of Assam, both in Assamese and English. The buranjis(History) or the royal chronicles documented by the Ahom priests are considered as some of the authentic sources of information on the history of medieval ages in Assam. This reminds us of the forgotten or lost history of Assam before the advent of the Ahoms to Assam. Unfortunately, the presence of Assamese text in the Internet or in the digital form is insignificant. Despite having such a long and colorful history, in the current times, Assam is known to most outsiders as the home of many tea gardens and the one horned rhino. The Vaishnava saint, Srimanta Sankardeva started his religious reform in the Barpeta and river island Majuli. The Koch-Rajbangshis of lower Assam in the medieval ages was a strong kingdom with the unstoppable hero Chilarai. Overtime, most of the ethnic groups made their fair share of sacrifice even to thwart the aggression of the mighty Mughal Empire, as evident that the army of Lachit Borphukan consisted of Mishing, Naga and other tribes. With the migration of the Ahom across the Patkai Mountains in the 13th century under the leadership of Siu-Ka-Pha, began another wave of amalgamation of the various groups of the new migrants with the indigenous groups such as Barahi (a branch of the Bodo-Kachari family), Sutiya, etc. The ruins of a palace, in Dimapur, are proofs of their achievements. Dimasa and Kachari people of the Bodo-Kachari tribe once ruled a large section of the North Eastern states from Koch Bihar, Tripura to Upper districts of Assam. Over thousands of years, various groups of people immigrated to Assam, from all directions and contributed to Assamese culture and society. This is evident from the mention of Assam in the Mahabharata and in the writings of the famous Chinese monk and travellerВ Hiuen TsangВ that provides valuable account of the then kingdom of Bhaskar Barman. Although the word Assamese is often used to mean different groups, the history of Assam dates back to periods before 200 BC. Assam is known to many as a valley of lush green forest, blue mountains and the melting pot of many ethnic groups and tribes assimilating to the Assamese culture.

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