Assam
has given room to a mass of people bringing in their culture and trends of civilization.
Austro-Asiatics, Negritos, Dravidians, Alpines, Indo -Mongoloids, Tibeto-Burmese and
Aryans penetrated into Assam through different ways.They contributed in their own way
towards the coalition of an unique new community which came to be known later in history as
Assamese. Assam however, remained predominantly a land of the Tibeto-Burmese.
Assam, known in the ancient lore as Kamarupa, originally included in addition to modern Assam
parts of modern Bengal.
Guwahati is an old city and its history goes back to the ancient days.
The city's ancient name was Prag-jyotish-pur. It is said to have been founded by King Nara-kasura,
who is mentioned in the legends of Diwali festival. His son Bhagadatta led a large elephant force to the
battlefield of Kurukshetra, and was fought on the side of the Kauravas.
In 1826 Assam became a part of the British India.
Satra culture developed mainly at Majuli, Bardowa, Barpeta, Madhupur.
When the British invaded Assam in 19th century, missionaries followed and churches
were established all over Assam. Assam is an unique example of communal tolerance and
religious harmony which prevails amongst the believers of different faiths. Assamese society is
remarkably free from communal conflict. sight seeing There is a museum which was established in 1940 as a non-government body but was taken over by the state government in 1953. It is the biggest museum of the north-east region and one of the largest multi-purpose museums in the country. Da-Parbatiya (Tezpur):- One of the finest examples of ancient architecture, Da-Parbatiya in Tezpur dates back to some time in sixth century. The structure is not more than a door frame but the marvellous carvings on it represents the Gupta art. A Cultural Complex was established by the Cultural Advisory Committee of the Government of Assam in 1986. It was decided to build a complex to serve as a centre of activities in the field of dance, drama, music, fine arts, literature etc for Assamese. In the same year, a tentative plan for a cultural complex was prepared. At a later stage the same was named as the “ Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra and on 2nd Feb. 1988 the Foundation was laid. and built over a sprawling campus of 11 hectares at Panjabari. This complex has a several branches (1) guwahati (2) sagutya Sangeetha Nataka Bhavan (3) Lalita Kala Bhavan, (4) Cultural Museum (5) Heritage park (6) artists' Village These reflect the cultural excellence of Assam.
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