[Assam] [asom] Re: Assam or Asom Mailing List

[Chan Mahanta]

>  What the dutch soldiiers called OXOM has no relevance today.

*** I did not read Mr. Saleh's reference to the Dutch soldiers' 
characterization of the name as being presented as an approval of the 
Dutch to elicit the question about relevancy.

It was presented as a documented and verifiable proof that the name 
Assam was there EVEN before the Dutch came to South Asia and served 
as Mirjumla's mercenaries in his expeditions against the Ahom kingdom 
and Assam.

In an environment of a lack of such documented proof ( apparently 
very few such have been discovered in the Ahom Buronjis found so 
far), it stands out as a very important bit of recorded historical 
information. Since the imposition of the term Asom was brought about, 
ostensibly, in order to keep it in line with history ( voodoo history 
as I see it) ,it is eminently relevant to the point of discussion.

Thanks to Dr. Saleh for informing us and strengthening the hand of 
those who argue that the imposition of an absurd name like Asom, is 
NOT historically justifiable, never mind the fact that it is also 
entirely untenable phonetically.

cm










At 8:23 PM -0700 8/12/06, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote:
>Those who fight over retention of ethnic names should read the 
>contents of 
><http://indoeuro.bizland.com/project/chron/chronn.html#3>http://indoeuro.bizland.com/project/chron/chronn.html#3.
>
>It'll numb the clamor when one realizes that we are forever 
>evolving. Since we call ourselves OXOMIYA from OXOM today, so be it. 
>What the dutch soldiiers called OXOM has no relevance today.
>
>I havn't heard a good explanation till today how AHOM and OXOM 
>connect to each other. Since Ahoms are famous for their practice of 
>history writing, isn't there a history book hidden somewhere in 
>XibaXagor that clears this mystery?
>
>Dilip Deka
>Houston
>
>Wahid Saleh <w.saleh at hetnet.nl> wrote:
>
>The diary of Dutch soldiers who fought with Mirjumala's army and
>documents from the Mughal period show that the name "Assam" was in
>use before the British came to India. Then why change the name from
>Assam to Asom. What is the reason?
>
>Wahid Saleh
>The Netherlands
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