[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of Assam](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906) › c11.92 # A History of Assam c11.92 A History of Assam c11.92 - **Language:** English ### [c11.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c11.92) ∗ Dimā means "big river," \*di\* or \*dui\* being the Kachāri word for "water" or "river," and \*mā\* their word for "great." This word was always used with special reference to the Dhansiri, on whose bank Dimāpur was situated. The southern Kachāris call themselves Dimāsā, a corruption of Dimā-fisā, or "sons of the great river." The Ahoms called the Dhansiri Nām-timā, \*nām\* being their own word for "river." Similarly until recently the Jaldhaka river in North Bengal was known as the Di-chhu, \*di\* being, as we have seen, the Kachāri, and \*chhu\* the Tibetan word for water. Dimāpur was called by the Ahoms Che-din-chi-pen (town-earth-burn-make) or the "brick town." They also sometimes called it Che-dima or the "town on the Dima." We have no record of the name which the Kachāris themselves gave it. - [Previous: c11.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c11.91) - [Next: c11.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c11.93) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c11.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.gait-1906.c11.92) · Pramāṇa