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Assam from Mythology to Neo Vaishnavism of Srimanta Sankardeva

Assam's cultural landscape can be looked at as pre and post  Srimanta Sankardeva. In the ancient time, Assam was a country known as Pragjyotishpur. The name is mentioned in the Indian Epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. The literal meaning of this word is “astrology of the east” or “jewel of the east”.  However, in the medieval period...