Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The beginning of Indo-Aryan migration to Assam is estimated to the fifth century BCE when a trickle of Indo-Aryans entered a region that was already populated by Austro-Asiatic speakers and Tibeto-Burman speakers. It is estimated that the Aryan culture became predominant by 3rd century and reached eastern Assam by the 5th century, as evidenced by the Nagajari-Khanikargaon rock inscription in the Golaghat region. Aryan presence and influence became significant by the 7th century,.The copper plate inscriptions of Kamarupa gives weight to Aryan culture of ancient Assam.The Aryan wave extended to Kamarupa directly from Mithila and Magadha long before Lower Bengal became either habitable or fit for Aryan occupation. Kamarupa was therefore Aryanized long before central and lower Bengal.The Magadha empire was founded by Bimbisara in the 4th century BCE. About this time, or after, the whole of northern Bengal, to the south of tho Jalpaiguri district and west of the Trisrota, was absorbed in the Maurya empire together with the Tamralipti region in the south west. The Mauryan empire of Ashoka undoubtedly included northern Bengal between the Teesta (Karatoya) and the Kosi, for within this area stupas erected by Ashoka were found by Yuan Chwang in the 7th century CE. This area continued to be included in the Magadha empire at least till the 6th century CE. During the rule of the Imperial Gupta's this stretch was known as Pundravardhana. To the east and north of Pundravardhana, Kamarupa continued as an independent kingdom ruled over by an indigenous line of kings who traced descent from mythological rulers Naraka, Bhagadatta and Vajradatta who were heroes mentioned in the epics.From epigraphic records, so far brought to light, it is possible to trace an almost unbroken genealogy of these kings from about the middle of the 4th century CE down to the 12th century or a period of nearly nine hundred years. Very few of the old Hindu kingdoms in India can present such unique genealogical records covering such a long period. No less than twelve copperplate inscriptions, inscribed seals and rock-inscriptions recorded by various kings of Kamarupa during this period have been discovered and deciphered. Epigraphic records left by the famous Gupta emperor Samudra Gupta, Yasodharman, king of Malwa, who was a famous conqueror, Adityasena, who belonged to the line of \"Later Gupta's of Magadha\", Jayadeva, a well-known king of Nepal and some of the Pala kings and Sena kinks of Bengal provide useful material for the history of Kamarupa during this period.The Raghuvaugsa of Kalidasa, the very valuable accounts of the Chinese writers, the Harsha-Charita of Banabhatta, the Raja-tarangini of Kahlan and the translations from Tibetan records, made available, also throw valuable light. The local epigraphic records constitute, however the most important foundation on which a reliable frame-work of history can be based."@en }
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- Indo-Aryan_migration_to_Assam abstract "The beginning of Indo-Aryan migration to Assam is estimated to the fifth century BCE when a trickle of Indo-Aryans entered a region that was already populated by Austro-Asiatic speakers and Tibeto-Burman speakers. It is estimated that the Aryan culture became predominant by 3rd century and reached eastern Assam by the 5th century, as evidenced by the Nagajari-Khanikargaon rock inscription in the Golaghat region. Aryan presence and influence became significant by the 7th century,.The copper plate inscriptions of Kamarupa gives weight to Aryan culture of ancient Assam.The Aryan wave extended to Kamarupa directly from Mithila and Magadha long before Lower Bengal became either habitable or fit for Aryan occupation. Kamarupa was therefore Aryanized long before central and lower Bengal.The Magadha empire was founded by Bimbisara in the 4th century BCE. About this time, or after, the whole of northern Bengal, to the south of tho Jalpaiguri district and west of the Trisrota, was absorbed in the Maurya empire together with the Tamralipti region in the south west. The Mauryan empire of Ashoka undoubtedly included northern Bengal between the Teesta (Karatoya) and the Kosi, for within this area stupas erected by Ashoka were found by Yuan Chwang in the 7th century CE. This area continued to be included in the Magadha empire at least till the 6th century CE. During the rule of the Imperial Gupta's this stretch was known as Pundravardhana. To the east and north of Pundravardhana, Kamarupa continued as an independent kingdom ruled over by an indigenous line of kings who traced descent from mythological rulers Naraka, Bhagadatta and Vajradatta who were heroes mentioned in the epics.From epigraphic records, so far brought to light, it is possible to trace an almost unbroken genealogy of these kings from about the middle of the 4th century CE down to the 12th century or a period of nearly nine hundred years. Very few of the old Hindu kingdoms in India can present such unique genealogical records covering such a long period. No less than twelve copperplate inscriptions, inscribed seals and rock-inscriptions recorded by various kings of Kamarupa during this period have been discovered and deciphered. Epigraphic records left by the famous Gupta emperor Samudra Gupta, Yasodharman, king of Malwa, who was a famous conqueror, Adityasena, who belonged to the line of \"Later Gupta's of Magadha\", Jayadeva, a well-known king of Nepal and some of the Pala kings and Sena kinks of Bengal provide useful material for the history of Kamarupa during this period.The Raghuvaugsa of Kalidasa, the very valuable accounts of the Chinese writers, the Harsha-Charita of Banabhatta, the Raja-tarangini of Kahlan and the translations from Tibetan records, made available, also throw valuable light. The local epigraphic records constitute, however the most important foundation on which a reliable frame-work of history can be based.".