Sadiya Serpent Pillar

Sadiya serpent pillar
WritingLanguage; Tai language, Script; Ahom script
SymbolsA pair of snakes biting their tails is twisted around it
Created1532[1]
DiscoveredSadiya, between the Dibang and Deopani rivers
Present locationAssam State Museum

Sadiya Serpent pillar, is a medieval octagonal stone pillar that was erected in the region of historical Chutia kingdom in present-day Sadiya in Assam, India. It contains the earliest example of Ahom script and the pillar is inscribed with the Ahom equivalent year of 1532 CE.

  1. ^ "The famous Snake Pillar of Sadiya, dated 1532 AD, erected as a mark of truce between the Ahoms and the Mishmis"(Das 1980:53)

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