The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.27

c5.s9.27

Kamarūpa—Assam, on the north it included Bhutan, on the south it was bounded by the confluence of the Brahmaputra and the Lākhyā and Bauga, and included Manipur, Jayantiyā, Kachhar, and parts of Mymensingh and Sylhet (Buchanan's Account of Rangpur in JASB, 1838, p 1) It included also Rangpur which contained the country residence of Bhagadatta, king of Kāmarūpa (Ibid, p 2) The modern district of Kamrup extends from Goālpara to Gauhati Its capital is called in the Puranas Prāgjyotisha (Kālikā P, ch 38) which has been identified with Kāmakhya, or Gauhati (JRAS, 1900, p 25) Kamakhya is one of the Pithas, containing the temple of the celebrated Kāmakhya Devi on the Nila hill or Nilakuta parvata (Kālikā P, ch 62), it is two miles from Gauhati Raja Niladhvaja founded another capital Komotūpura (the modern Kamatapur in Cooch Behar, Imp Gaz, s v Rangpur District) On the opposite or north side of the river Brahmaputra is situated a hill called Asva kranta parvata where Krishna is said to have fought with Narakasura (Brihat Dharma P, Madhya Kh, ch 10 and Brahma P, ch 51, JRAS, 1900, p 25) Bhagadatta son of Naraka, was an ally of Duryodhana (Mahābhārata, Udyoga, ch 1) The Yogini Tantra (Pūrva Kh, ch 12) has preserved some legends about the successors of Naraka For the stories of Mayanavati's son Gopichandra and his son Gavachandra, see JASB, 1838, p 5 The Ahom kings came into Assam from the east at the beginning of the thirteenth century The immediate cause of their emigration was the breaking up of the Chinese Empire by the Moguls, for at the time when Chukapha fixed himself in Assam, Kublai had just established himself in China (JASB, 1837, p 17) The word "Ahom" is perhaps a corruption of Bhauma, as the descendants of Narakasura were called (Kālikā P, ch 39) For the later history of Kamarūpa under the Muhammadans, see Asiatic Researches, vol II The temple of Tāmresvari Devi or the copper temple, called by Buchanan the eastern Kāmakhya, on the river Dalpani, is situated near the north eastern boundary of the ancient Kamarūpa (JASB, XVII, p 462)