[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v1.c15.2 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c15.2 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c15.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c15.2) Assam lies on the north-eastern border of Bengal, and is situated roughly between 23° 40′ and 28° 16′ N. and 90° and 97°12′ E. It is bounded on the north by the eastern section of the great Himalayan range; on the east by the Patkai Hills and by the Burmese frontier which marches with that of Manipur; on the south by the Chin Hills, the Chittagong Hill Tracts, and the State of Hill Tippera; and on the west by the Bengal Districts of Tippera, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Jalpaiguri and the State of Cooch Behar. The province falls into three natural divisions: the valley of the Surma, the valley of the Brahmaputra, and the intervening range of hills, which projecting at right angles from the Burmese systems, runs like a wedge from east to west. Assam, under the names Prāgjyotiṣa and Kāmarūpa, is often mentioned in the Epic, Pauranic and Tantric tradition of India. The \*Mahābhārata\*, mentions \*Kāmākhyā\*, near Gauhati, and Bhagadatta, the powerful ruler of Prāgjyōtiṣa. The latter is said to have led a mighty \*Mleccha\* army of Kirātas and Cīnas in the field of Kurukṣetra. In the \*Kālikā Purāṇa\*, it is said that the temple of the goddess Kāmākhyā stands in the centre of Kāmarūpa. According to the \*Viṣṇu Purāṇa\*, the boundaries of Kāmarūpa extended around this temple for 100 \*Yojans\* or about 450 miles. Allowing for all exaggeration, Sir E. A. Gait has calculated that the area indicated by the \*Purāṇa\* must have embraced nearly the whole of the old province of Eastern Bengal, Assam and Bhutan. - [Previous: v1.c14.239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c14.239) - [Next: v1.c15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c15.3) - [Up: v1.c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c15.2) · Pramāṇa