Asura Kingdom
Statuslegendary

Asura Kingdom (Sonitpura Kingdom) is a mythological kingdom that is mentioned in a multiple of Hindu epics[1] which later came to be associated with modern-day Tezpur in central Assam and Banasura Hill in Assam. The kingdom was contemporary of Pragjyotisha. In Puranic literature, Pragjyotisha and Sonitpura were located to the north-east of the Indian subcontinent in what is modern-day Assam.[2] In Assam, the name of the legendary kingdom might be applied to the local inhabitants who were outside of the Hindu fold.[3] In Kalika purana, Banasura, the last ruler of the asura kingdom is represented as an anti-Brahminical character.[4]

Dynasty

Nu.Name of Known rulers
1Marichi
2Kashyap
3Hiranyakashipu
4Prahlad
5Virochana
6Mahabali
7Bana

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Caudhurī 1985, p. 67.
  2. ↑ (Shin 2018:36)
  3. ↑ Shin (2018), p. 321:"These accounts show the Puranic perception of the Saiva cult in early medieval Kamarupa, which consisted largely of popular cults of local inhabitants or people out of the Brahmanical ambit."
  4. ↑ Shin (2018), p. 321: "(H)e was imagined or represented as an anti-Brahminical character in the Kalika Purana.."

References

  • Caudhurī, Niśipada (1985). Historical archaeology of central Assam.
  • Shin, Jae-Eun (2018), "Redefining Divine Presence: A Study of Hidden Lingas in the Mid-Brahmaputra Valley", in Bopearachchi, Osmund; Ghosh, Suchandra (eds.), Early Indian History and Beyond:Essays in Honour of Professor B.D Chattopadhyaya, Delhi: Primus Books, pp. 313–34
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