[Assam] About the Name Assam
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at charter.net
Sat Mar 14 17:24:55 PDT 2009
>IN WHAT WAY AM I WRONG IN SAYING THAT THOSE "
>DISCOVERIES"ARE SUBJECTED TO >SCRUTINY BEFORE IT
>CAN BE ACCEPTED AS AN ESTABLISHED FACT?
*** Personally, I like to think I can look at a
document and decide whether it is real or fake or
exaggerated or doctored.
The document produced by Wahid Saleh from the
Dutch museum looks quite authentic. If
authenticity of that document is what bothers me,
I would say so. I might say that pending
verification of authenticity of the document, I
will hold my acceptance . But I won't say I won't
accept it, because an amateur has found the
document. That is the difference.
*** That would lead us to the qualifications of
the verifier/s. Who would qualify as someone
whose certification we might accept? A president
of the OXX? A GU professor? A Dutch scientist?
Who?
If we say that, surely that would be NOT nearly
as unreasonable as proclaiming non-acceptance
because of lack of professional credentials of
those who found the historical document.
At 2:08 PM -0500 3/14/09, kamal deka wrote:
>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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