[Assam] About the Name Assam

[Ajoy Hazarika]

Dear Oxom Xahityo Xobha:


I agree with Chandan Mahanta.  If you do not know anything about it,
an article written by H. Borgohain.  I could not find the article, 
otherwise I could have forwarded to you.

Hi Chandan, Rajen, if you have that article please forward that to . Oxom Xahityo Xobha
Oxom Xahityo Xobha.  It will also help if Oxom Xahityo Xobha study
the Bodo language.  There are other historical facts.  Chandan and Rajen can help.

A. D. Hazarika




--- On Mon, 3/2/09, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
From: Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
Subject: [Assam] About the Name Assam
To: info at axomxahityaxobha.org
Cc: assam at assamnet.org
Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 9:05 PM

Dear Oxom Xahityo Xobha:


>In 1917 the Asom Sahitya Sabha was formed as a
>guardian of the Assamese society and the forum for the
>development of Assamese language and literature.
>The word Assamese is an English one, built on the same
>principle as Cingalese, Canarese, etc. It is based on the
>English word Assam by which the tract consisting of the
>Brahmaputra valley is known.


*** It is pretty sad that you don't know the origins of the name 
Assam, that you claim is an English name.

It is such display of ignorance of our history and an absence of 
intellectual curiosity to know what it truly is, that makes the likes 
of Oxom Xahityo Xobha irrelevant to our cultural heritage

Sondon Mohonto

USA
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