Kamarupa, Kingdom of

Kamarupa, also called Pragjyotisha, is the first historical kingdom in Assam, existing between 350 and 1140 CE.

Ruled by three dynasties from their capitals in present-day Guwahati and Tezpur, it covers the entire Brahmaputra river valley and, at times, North Bengal and parts of Bangladesh.Though the historical kingdom disappears by the 12th century to be replaced by smaller political entities, the notion of Kamarupa persists and ancient and medieval chroniclers continued to call this region by this name.

Coins of Alauddin Hussain Shah, who invaded the Kamata Kingdom in the late 15th century, called the region Kamru or Kamrud.

In the 16th century the Ahom kingdom came into prominence and assumed for itself the political and territorial legacy of the Kamarupa kingdom.

The name of this kingdom survives in Kamrup, a present-day district in Assam.

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