[Assam] About the Name Assam
kamal deka
kjit.deka at gmail.com
Sat Mar 14 12:08:40 PDT 2009
Any run-of-the-mill citizen can assemble a few books and write an article
but that cannot be taken as an infallible one.THIS IS THE REASON AS TO WHY I
REFUSE TO ACCEPT THEIR INTERPRETATION AS A GOSPEL TRUTH.IN WHAT WAY AM I
WRONG IN SAYING THAT THOSE " DISCOVERIES"ARE SUBJECTED TO SCRUTINY BEFORE IT
CAN BE ACCEPTED AS AN ESTABLISHED FACT?
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
> *** One is at liberty to accept or deny anything under the sun. It is a
> free-country as they say.
>
> But in a forum like ours, we expect some explanation as to WHY one would
> refuse to accept a documented proof like the name of
> Assam/Asam/Asham/Assamer etc. It should be quite immaterial who produces the
> proof, unless the persona of the messenger is the problem. The argument
> that those who produce the proof are amateurs is about the weakest of alibis
> one can imagine.
>
> To refuse to put forth a reason therefore could be interpreted as an
> absence of one.
>
> Makind's most enlightening discoveries were made not by recognized
> professionals. They were made by amateurs with a passion for knowledge and
> discovery.
>
> cm
>
>
>
>
>
> At 9:58 PM -0500 3/13/09, kamal deka wrote:
>
>> I remain unconvinced.
>> In the fitness of thing,the entire matter ought to be left for those,who
>> are
>> in the business of reading,analyzing and interpreting the nitty-gritty
>> historical facts and data.
>> I refuse to accept the interpretation put forward by Saleh/Barua as an
>> unshakable truth.
>> As far as I am concerned,their explanation is of no consequence,pending
>> full
>> verification by the competent ones.
>> Meanwhile,those self-proclaimed neo-historians should stop the tamasha of
>> re-writing and re-interpreting facts in regard to Assam's
>> history,who,perhaps,haven't studied the subject seriously save high-school
>> history :-)
>> No further response will be undertaken on this topic from this end.
>> Thank you all.
>> Kamal
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > From this the terms 'Asam' and 'Ahom' were
>>>
>>>> derived in due course, and the first term came to stand for the
>>>> expanded
>>>> Ahom klngdom.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> *** That is a believable conjecture. What is missing here is WHEN did
>>> that
>>> DUE COURSE happen?
>>>
>>> Was it after the British came? If it did it will be reasonable to
>>> suspect
>>> and hold on to the notion that Assam or Asam were anglicized forms.
>>>
>>> But we know from written accounts , like the Dutch chronicler's
>>> accounts
>>> and pre-British Mughal history
>>> that Assam/Asam/Asham etc. were there long before the British arrived.
>>>
>>> I don't know how much more conclusive proof one needs therefore for us
>>> to
>>> accept the fact that the Assam was there before the British came ? But
>>> then
>>> again one is at liberty to suspect the Theory of Evolution too! There
>>> will
>>> be plenty of company, even good ones :-).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At 10:47 PM -0500 3/12/09, kamal deka wrote:
>>>
>>> I will continue to believe that the name Assam was Anglicised until
>>>> proven
>>>> otherwise--- beyond the shadow of a doubt,of course, by real
>>>> historians,who
>>>> spent decades studying Assam's history and not by neophyte historians
>>>>
>>>> In various documents of British East India Company, in their
>>>> relationships
>>>> with the last few Ahom kings, the name of country was mentioned as
>>>> Assam.
>>>> After the fall of the Ahom kingdom and the conquest by the British in
>>>> 1826,
>>>> in the Treaty of Yandabo, "Assam" was used to denote the area under the
>>>> erstwhile Ahoms, and its protectorates .
>>>>
>>>> *Theories on etymology*
>>>>
>>>> Though there exists a consensus on the fact that the name Assam is
>>>> associated with the Ahom kingdom, and the exact etymology of Assam is
>>>> not
>>>> clear.The ere are a number of theories that address this issue.
>>>>
>>>> *Ha-sam*
>>>>
>>>> According to Amalendu Guha "The Ahom domain of Upper Assam came to be
>>>> known
>>>> to the Dimasa and other Bodo people as "Ha-Sam" (the land of the Shams
>>>> or
>>>>
>>> >> Shans) in etheir language. From this the terms 'Asam' and 'Ahom' were
>>
>>> derived in due course, and the first term came to stand for the expanded
>>>> Ahom klngdom. Under the impact of the Indo-Aryan heritage of the
>>>> region,
>>>> the
>>>> concept of 'Asam' was further extended to cover the entire area defined
>>>> as
>>>> 'Kamarupa' in the Kalika-Purana (c 9th-10th centuries). The Ahom
>>>> statesmen
>>>> and chroniclers wishfully looked forward to the Karatoya as their
>>>> natural
>>>>
>>> >> western frontier. They also looked upon themselves as the heirs of
>> that
>>
>>> glory that was ancient Kamarupa by right of conquest, and they long
>>>> cherished infructuously their unfulfilled hopes of expanding up to that
>>>> frontier." [*The Ahom Political System: An Enquiry into the State
>>>> Formation
>>>> Process in Medieval Assam (1228-1714), Amalendu Guha, Social Scientist,
>>>> Vol.
>>>> 11, No. 12. (Dec., 1983), pp. 3-34.*]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Forwarded from: Fwd: [Assam Society] Re: [FriendsofAssamNE]
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>>>>>> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:50:23 -0500
>>>>>> Subject: [Assam Society] Re: [FriendsofAssamNE] RE: [Assam] About the
>>>>>> Name
>>>>>> Assam
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wahid:
>>>>>> Thanks. As I have shown in my article, the name 'Asam' or 'Asham'
>>>>>> (for
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> name of the land) was much older than whcih came to be used for the
>>>>>> name of
>>>>>> the land only in the 17th century. Originally, the word was used in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Kirton by Sri Xongkordeu for the Ti Ahom people in the 15th century.
>>>>>> According to me, this word (for the people) as used by Xongkordeu,
>>>>>> was
>>>>>> originally derived from the word Asahm (for the people written in
>>>>>> Devanagari
>>>>>> and Urdu skript) by the Moghols. This word later was used for the
>>>>>> land
>>>>>> (instead of the people), and a new word Ahom was used for the people.
>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>> Thus
>>
>>> Ahom is also a new word, which is not to found in Ti Ahom Buronjis.
>>>>>> Please
>>>>>> note that the word Asham was originally used for the people and was
>>>>>> later
>>>>>> changed to mean the land instead of the people when the Moghols used
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> name in correspondence.
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Rajen
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:13 AM, Wahid Saleh(GM) <<mailto:
>>>>>> wahid.saleh at gmail.com>wahid.saleh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>
>>> Rajen,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for sharing your article " "In your article you mentioned
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> Glanius.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Till now almost all the historians thought that Glanius went to
>>>>>> Assam.
>>>>>> But
>>>>>> it was not Glanius who went to Assam. It was a Dutch sailor named
>>>>>> Frans
>>>>>> van
>>>>>> der Heiden who had to fight with the army of Mirju Mala. He kept a
>>>>>> diary
>>>>>> which was first published in 1675. It is very difficult to find out
>>>>>> who
>>>>>> Glanius was. He translated three books from Dutch including the diary
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> Frans van der Heiden. The English translation was published in 1682
>>>>>> (from
>>>>>> UK). In his translation he used first person and nowhere mentioned or
>>>>>> referred to the name of the original author Frans van de Heiden. As
>>>>>> most of
>>>>>> the historians had access to the English translation only, they took
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> granted that Glanius went to Assam. I tried to find out about Glanius
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> published an article. Here you will get some back ground information.
>>>>>> A
>>>>>> mistake did slip in to this version of the article. I misspelt the
>>>>>> name
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> Dr. Surya Kumar Bhuyan as Dr. Surya Kanta Bhuyan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is certain that the name Assam existed before Mirju Mala invaded
>>>>>> Assam
>>>>>> and before the English came to Assam. Otherwise Frans van der Heiden
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> not be in a position to write about Assam and Assmers. Different
>>>>>> Mughal
>>>>>> historians used the names Assam, Asham, Ascham, Acham and Ásám in
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> writings." Asom" with an "o" in between was unknown to them. In
>>>>>> particular,
>>>>>> the word Assam (Asham) is mentioned in the following publications:
>>>>>> Abul
>>>>>> Fazal Allámi in his compilation of Akbarnama, a biographical account
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> Akbar (1542 -1605) mentioned "Rajah of Asham".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The name Assam existed when Frans van der Heiden wrote his diary in
>>>>>> 1662.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >> To write about the place and its inhabitants he used the name of
>>>>>
>>>> the State
>>>>
>>>> as it was known at that time to the local people. Otherwise he would
>>>>> not
>>>>>
>>>>>> have used the name.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So we should start asking the question when was the name of Assam
>>>>>> changed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >> to ? In any case it is after 1662.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Wahid
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Van: <mailto:FriendsofAssamNE at yahoogroups.com>
>>>>>> FriendsofAssamNE at yahoogroups.com [mailto:<mailto:
>>>>>> FriendsofAssamNE at yahoogroups.com>FriendsofAssamNE at yahoogroups.com]
>>>>>> Namens
>>>>>> Rajen Barua
>>>>>> Verzonden: maandag 9 maart 2009 13:40
>>>>>> Aan: assamnet
>>>>>> CC: <mailto:FriendsofAssamNE at yahoogroups.com>
>>>>>> FriendsofAssamNE at yahoogroups.com
>>>>>> Onderwerp: [FriendsofAssamNE] RE: [Assam] About the Name Assam
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Friends
>>>>>> Looks like many people still think that Assam is an englished word of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> word Oxom. In fact pronounciation Asam (now a days written as Assam)
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> much
>>>>>> older than the Assamese word Oxom which is of later origin. One may
>>>>>> read my
>>>>>> article attached.
>>>>>> Rajen Barua
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 21:10:59 -0600
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To: <mailto:assam at assamnet.org>assam at assamnet.org
>>>>>>> From: <mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Assam] About the Name Assam
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > whereas we know for sure the local people at that time as now
>>>>>>> >called the land "Oxom",
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *** You do?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So much for the certitude of the omniscient!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did you know that the Ahom people, by and large, cannot pronounce
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> 'xo' sound and pronounce it as 'ho' or 'kho'?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ***************************************************************************************************************
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>>
>>
>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At 2:02 PM -0700 3/8/09, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:
>>>>>>> >".......an invention of an European, and thus not credible?" - I am
>>>>>>> >not suggesting that at all. I am not Europhobic. :-)
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >Let's take the British days - the maps and the official records
>>>>>>> >meticulously prepared during that time called "Oxom" as "Assam"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>> >whereas we know for sure the local people at that time as now
>> called
>>
>>> >the land "Oxom", the big difference being the sound of "x" versus
>>>>>>> >"s". What credibility would you give to the authenticity of the
>>>>>>> name
>>>>>>> >"Assam" used by the British?
>>>>>>> >In the same token, why would I accept "Asam" as written by a Dutch
>>>>>>> >in 17th century as an authentic name? The Dutch, just like the
>>>>>>> >British cannot pronounce "Oxom".
>>>>>>> >If you accept "Asam" as in Dutch map as the original name, when did
>>>>>>> >it change to today's "Oxom" and who changed it?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >I still say "Assam" is anglicized and "Asam" is Hollandized. Boy!
>>>>>>> >that sounds too much like Hollandaise sauce.
>>>>>>> >I am surprised there was no comment on the rest of my email.
>>>>>>> >Dilip
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >________________________________
>>>>>>> >From: Chan Mahanta <<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>
>>>>>>> cmahanta at charter.net>
>>>>>>> >To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the
>>>>>>> >world <<mailto:assam at assamnet.org>assam at assamnet.org>; <mailto:
>>>>>>> adhazarika at yahoo.com>adhazarika at yahoo.com
>>>>>>> >Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 4:25:08 PM
>>>>>>> >Subject: Re: [Assam] About the Name Assam
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >> But I wouldn't use these books nor a book written in another
>>>>>>> >>European language (Dutch) to prove that >Assam is an indigenous
>>>>>>> word.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >*** Why? Are you suggested the Dutch traveller who prepared the map
>>>>>>> where
>>>>>>> >Assam is recorded as "Asam" was likely an invention of an European,
>>>>>>> >and thus not credible?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >At 12:50 PM -0700 3/8/09, Dilip and Dil Deka wrote:
>>>>>>> >>Kamal,
>>>>>>> >>In today's parlance, you are absolutely correct. The local people
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> > >>call the land "Oxom" and, themselves "Oxomiya". When those words
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >>are written as "Assam" and "Assamese", it is an attempt to
>>>>>> anglicize
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>the locally used words.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>Now whether Oxom was derived from another word that was local to
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> >>area and non-Sanskrit in its origin is another issue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>> >>As we all know the region (at least the western part) was
>>>>>> called
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> >>Kamrupa in ancient literature. For the name Kamrupa to change to
>>>>>
>>>>>> >>Oxom, it is almost impossible. There is no resemblance between the
>>>>>>> >>two words. So the natural assumption would be that the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>> >>transformation to Oxom did not happen with the so called
>>>>>> Hindu
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> >>settlers of Assam from the west. It is more likely it happened with
>>>>>
>>>>>> > >the domination of Assam by the Ahoms, who for the first time in a
>>>>>>> >>long time brought the people of the region under one rule through
>>>>>>> >>political acumen.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>I have in my possession books written/compiled by British officers
>>>>>>> >>where the word Assam is used. But I wouldn't use these books nor a
>>>>>>> >>book written in another European language (Dutch) to prove that
>>>>>>> >>Assam is an indigenous word. There needs to be more research done
>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>> >>Xahitya Xobha, digging into the Buranjis of the Ahoms and whatever
>>>>>>> >>remains of the Ahom language.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>I am told by my Ahom friends that many Buranjis were burnt during
>>>>>>> >>the waning years of Ahom rule. I am also told many Buranjis are
>>>>>>> >>still available in the Ahom villages kept as family heirloom. Does
>>>>>>> >>anyone know how to read and decipher these tomes?
>>>>>>> >>Isn't there a scholar in all of Assam who could trace through the
>>>>>>> >>transformation of Ahom language from 1228 to the British days
>>>>>>> >>to see if the name Oxom was coined by the Ahoms to describe their
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>> kingdom?
>>
>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>When I am on a roll, let me also ask how the Shans from Burma
>>>>>>> >>renamed themselves as Ahoms and when it happened.
>>>>>>> >>If all of this is known to some netter, please publish it, so that
>>>>>>> > >some of us not exposed to recent findings in Assam can learn and
>>>>>>> >>stop arguing over a name.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>> >>
>>
>>> >>Dilip Deka
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>________________________________
>>>>>>> >>From: kamal deka <<mailto:kjit.deka at gmail.com>kjit.deka at gmail.com
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >>To: <mailto:adhazarika at yahoo.com>adhazarika at yahoo.com; A Mailing
>>>>>>> list
>>>>>>> for people interested in
>>>>>>> >>Assam from around the world <<mailto:assam at assamnet.org>
>>>>>>> assam at assamnet.org>
>>>>>>> >>Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2009 10:23:39 AM
>>>>>>> >>Subject: Re: [Assam] About the Name Assam
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>In my humble view,the very word " Assam" is an Anglicised one.As
>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>> >>adjective," Assamese " pertains to the characteristic of the
>>>>>>> people
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> >>Assam and their culture..As a noun,it means the native of Assam or
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> >>language of Assam.
>>>>>>> >>In view of the above fact.Assam Sahitya Sabha may not be in error.
>>>>>>> >>Kamal
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Ajoy Hazarika <<mailto:
>>>>>>> adhazarika at yahoo.com>adhazarika at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>> 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 <<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>
>>>>>>> cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>> From: Chan Mahanta <<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>
>>>>>>> cmahanta at charter.net>
>>>>>>> >>> Subject: [Assam] About the Name Assam
>>>>>>> >>> To: <mailto:info at axomxahityaxobha.org>info at axomxahityaxobha.org
>>>>>>> >>> Cc: <mailto:assam at assamnet.org>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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>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>
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>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>_______________________________________________
>>>>>>>
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>>
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>>>>>>> >
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Rajen Barua, Houston
>>>>>>
>>>>>> __._,_.___
>>>>>> <
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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