Indian Epigraphy c8.s2.t11.1

c8.s2.t11.1

The Ahom kings of Assam originally issued copper-plate charters in the Ahom language.² But, when their Hinduization was more or less complete, they adopted Sanskrit and Assamese as their official languages. The charters of the later Ahom rulers are written partly in Sanskrit and partly in Assamese. They are dated in the Śaka era. The coins of the early rulers have legends in the Ahom language and alphabet while the legends on the coins of the later kings are in Sanskrit in Assamese-Bengali characters exactly as their epigraphic records are.³