Burmese invasions of Assam
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 108 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5141-8013-4
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Burmese invasion of Assam denotes the period between 1817 and 1826 when the Ahom Kingdom in Assam was invaded three times by Burmese and the kingdom briefly came under the control of Burmese rulers (1821–1825) before being expelled by the British. This period, called the manor din by the Assamese and Chahi-Taret Khuntakpa (seven years of devastation) in Manipuri, is remembered with horror. It was the climactic period of the 600-year old Ahom kingdom. The sharp drop in population due both to depredations as well emigrations left the erstwhile kingdom in shambles. The British, who were earlier reluctant to colonise Assam, came into direct contact with a belligerent Burmese occupying force leading to the First Anglo-Burmese War and subsequently annexed not just the Ahom kingdom but also Burma to the British domain. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом, и в...