[Assam] About the Name Assam
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at charter.net
Sun Mar 15 07:18:49 PDT 2009
Well said!
< In my humble view,the very word " Assam" is an Anglicised one>
*** While the humility is always welcome, if for
nothing else than as a decorative accoutrement
:-); the certitude of Assam being an anglicized
word is what has no basis to be waved as the
unwavering truth.
But those who are certain, should be able to
offer some explanation, even if it is only a
kharkhowa assertion like "it always have been
Oxom" . Or a more substantial speculation like"
Them firingi vagabonds and thugs did not know
how to transliterate the 'xo' sound in Roman
script , so it became Assam/Asam/Asham/Assamer
and what not. Not that netters can send them to
Koliapani if they don't. But they expect
something.
BTW, that firingi inability to transliterate the
'xo' sound in Roman script is NOT a tenable
argument either. Because 'so', 'sho' , 'sso' are
NOT intuitive representations of the 'xo' sound.
"kho' or 'ho' would be for those who are unable
to pronounce it or are allergic to 'xo' for
political reasons.
At 6:52 PM +0530 3/15/09, uttam borthakur wrote:
> >>>>>>The statement like " I think" can't be
>accepted as an unwavering truth.The
>reference must be intact.
>
>####### 'I think' was to suggest that I do not
>have the copy of the newspaper that published
>Professor Jogen Phukan's photograph addressing a
>huge rally of some sort on this isuue, nor do I
>have access to the TV footage reporting it. My
>memory of the news items therefore may not be
>unwavering truth, but it can possibly be
>retrieved by resouceful persons.
>
>As the question of 'real historian' was tossed
>up, I thought I may make an addition to the
>bibliography provided by Sri Rajen Barua and W.
>Saleh. But I should not have dared where angels
>fear to tread.
>
>You are correct that the word 'Assam' has not
>found an incontrovertible origin. So have many
>things in life. Like the origin of the human
>beings and/or life itself. But we do not teach
>or push it down some one's throat that Adam and
>Eve started the whole process, though there are
>many takers for such an idea. We all work on
>working hypothesis and probability as adults.
>
>Here, the origin of the word 'Assam' is still
>mired in controversy. Then there should not be
>any reason to say for sure that it is anglicised
>version of Oxom or some other such words nor
>there should be any inchoate attempts to rename
>the state Asom, as some quarters are trying to
>do.
>
>Pending a final resolution, if any, let us
>accept ASSAM as a name by which our land is
>known to the world, and OXOM is what we
>ourselves call our land as.
>
>Uttam Kumar Borthakur
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>From: kamal deka <kjit.deka at gmail.com>
>To: A Mailing list for people interested in
>Assam from around the world <assam at assamnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, 15 March, 2009 6:26:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [Assam] About the Name Assam
>
>The statement like " I think" can't be accepted as an unwavering truth.The
>reference must be intact.Simply put,there is no consensus among
>academicians/historians in so far as this issue is concerned.
>KJDeka
>
>On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:16 PM, uttam borthakur <uttamborthakur at yahoo.co.in
>> wrote:
>
>> I think a 'real historian' Dr. Jogen Phukan almost led an mass action
>> against the change of name to Asom for same or similar reasons.
>>
>> Uttam Kumar Borthakur
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Rajen & Ajanta Barua <barua25 at hotmail.com>
>> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world <
>> assam at assamnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, 14 March, 2009 7:45:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Assam] About the Name Assam
> >
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Dear Kamal Bhaity:
>> Thanks for your opinion on my article and stating your 'belief'.
> > My article was written not to change yours or anybody's 'belief', but to
>> let people see the facts and to think rationally analysing the available
>> facts of history. If one does that, one will normally come to the obvious
>> conclusion that Assam is not a anglicized word. In your writing also you
>> have indicated that. However your problem in still sticking to your old
>> belief that Assam is an anglicized word seems to be two:
>> 1) You are convinced about the rational argument that Assam, Asam (phonetic
>> pronunciation only) is a local word but that you are not yet 100% convinced
>> and that you still have some shadow of doubt.
>> 2) Your other problem is that you want to see some writing by some "real"
>> historians and not to be convinced by writing of of some 'neophyte
>> historians" like us. Here what you are saying is that you would have been
>> convinced of our arguments had we been "real" historians. I cannot help you
>> there. But I take it as a compliment. Because what you are saying is that if
>> I would have a PhD degree in history you would have been convinced beyond a
>> shadow of doubt that my arguments are correct and the name Assam or Asam is
>> not an anglicized word. ( I think I qualify for your other requirement. I
>> have spent decades now studying the history of Assam albeit not for any
>> degree.)
>>
>> I can however help you to some extent by submitting the following.
>>
>> Hope you remember that in 2006, we (some neophyte historians) wrote a
>> Petition to the Chief Minister of Assam not to change the name of Assam to
>> Asom. The main arguments of the Petition was that 'Assam' is not an
>> anglicized word but a word which was rooted in local culture. We sent the
>> Petition to many historians, intellectuals and men of letters of Assam for
>> their support and signatures. To convince them of our argument, I personally
>> took the pain to discuss with many of them and sent them the earlier
>> version of my article. You will be happy to know all of them that we have
>> approcahed supported our arguments and signed the Petition. These include
>> several Ex President of Axam Xahutya Xobha and many notable historians
>> including Dr Jogendra Nath Phukan and Dr Sayeeda Yasmin Saikia. It was also
>> supported by Dr Bhupen Hazarika, Dr Hiren Gohain and whose signature did not
>> appear in the Petition. I present this as their stamp of approval of my
>> arguments for
>> your information since you are looking for support from "real" historians.
>>
>> Besides these, there are many "real" historians who have shown that 'Assam'
>> or 'Asam" is not a anglicised name. I have cited some in my article. You
>> will have read for yourself to see their writing.
>>
>> I post below the first fefteen signatories to the Petion (the fist three
>> being the 'neophyte historians, in your words)
>>
>> Again, I am not trying to change your belief, but laying the facts for
>> rational thinking.
>>
>> The fist fifteen signatories of the Petition:
>>
>>
>> 1)Rajen & Ajanta Barua, Katy, Texas, USA (Engineer, Writer & Manager)
>> 2)Chandan & Dr. Bonti Mahanta, St Louis, MO, USA (Architect & Radiologist)
>> 3)Wahid Saleh, Berkel en Rodenrijs, The Netherlands. (Retired IT Manager,
>> Community service)
>>
>> 4)Homen Borgohain, Guwahati, Assam, ((Ex President Axam Xahitya Xabha)
>> 5)Dr. Nagen Saikia , Guwahati, Assam (Ex President, Axam Xahitya Xabha)
>> 6)Dr.Biren Dutta, Guwahati, Assam, (Ex President Axam Xahitya Xabha)
>> 7)Dr. Lakhinandan Bora, Guwahati, Assam , (Ex President Axam Xahitya Xabha)
>> 8)Dr. Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Guwahati/Delhi, (Gyanpith Award Winner,
>> Novelist, Professor)
>> 9)Nagen Baruah, Dibrugarh, Assam (President Ahom Xahitya Xabha)
>> 10)Dr. Jogendra Nath Phukan, Guwahati, Assam (Professor of History)
>> 11)Sanjoy Hazarika, Guwahati/Delhi, India (Journalist, Author, Social
> > Worker)
>> 12)Shantikam & Sangita Hazarika, Guwahati, (Founder Director of AIM & Dance
>> Teacher)
>> 13)Sumanta Chaliha, Guwahati, Assam, (Lexicographer, Author of Assamese
>> Dictionaries)
>> 14)Dr. Amrit Kr. Baruah, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Writer, Author,
>> Management Consultant)
>> 15)Dr. Sayeeda Yasmin Saikia, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (Professor of History,
> > Author on Ahom Buronjis)
>>
>> Rajen & Ajanta Barua
>>
>>
>> From: kamal deka
>> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 10:47 PM
>> To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world
>> Subject: Re: [Assam] About the Name Assam
>>
>>
>> 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.*]
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> >> 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
>> >>> >>>
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