Khen dynasty Khen dynasty | |||||||||
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| 1440 CE–1498 CE | |||||||||
| Capital | Kamatapur (present-day Gosanimari) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Assamese | ||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Maharaja | |||||||||
• c. 1440 – c. 1460 | Niladhwaj | ||||||||
• c. 1460 – c. 1480 | Chakradhwaj | ||||||||
• c. 1480 – c. 1498 | Nilambar | ||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval India | ||||||||
• Established | 1440 CE | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1498 CE | ||||||||
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The Khen dynasty (also Khyen dynasty) of Assam was a late medieval dynasty of the erstwhile Kamata kingdom. After the fall of the Pala dynasty of Kamrupa, the western region was reorganized into the Kamata kingdom when Sandhya moved his capital from Kamarupanagara to Kamatapur in about 1257 due to the frequent clashes with the Kacharis from the east.[1] Sandhya styled himself Kamateswara and the kingdom came to be known as "Kamata".[2][3] The Khen dynasty at a later period took control of the kingdom.
- ^ "Kamarupa was reorganized as a new state. 'Kamata' by name with Kamatapur as capital. The exact time when the change was made is uncertain. But possibly it had been made by Sandhya (c. 1250–1270) as a safeguard against mounting dangers from the east and the west. Its control on the eastern regions beyond the Manah (Manas river) was lax." (Sarkar 1992, pp. 40–41)
- ^ (Baruah 1986:176)
- ^ (Kamarupa) was reorganized as a new state, 'Kamata' by name with Kamatapur as capital. The exact time when the change was made is uncertain. But possibly it had been made by Sandhya (c. 1250–1270) as a safeguard against mounting dangers from the east and the west. Its control on the eastern regions beyond the Manah (Manas river) was lax.(Sarkar 1992, pp. 40–41)