A History of Assam c7.s2.23

c7.s2.23

The capital of Narak and his descendants was Prāgjyotishpur, the modern Gauhāti. *Prāg* means former or eastern, and *jyotisha*, a star, astrology, shining. Prāgjyotishpur may, therefore, be taken to mean the City of Eastern Astrology. The name is interesting in connection with the reputation which the country has always held as a land of magic and incantation and with the view that it was in Assam that the Tāntrik form of Hinduism originated. From its commanding position on the Brahmaputra and its proximity to the sacred temple of Kāmākhyā, it is probable that many other kings also made this town their capital.