Ahoms

Ahoms
   A Sino-Tibetan hill tribe, possibly an offshoot of the great Tai or Shan race, that spread from what is now Thailand and Myanmar. After settling in the Brahmputra valley, many of them married women from the local Bodo tribes. Most of them gradually adopted Hindu beliefs and customs, although many continued to designate themselves Tai or Thai, literally "of celestial origin." The Ahom rulers, designated as svargadeos (kings from heaven), controlled in their palmy days the whole tract from Brahmputra to the Karatoya River. There is a strong case that this region is named Assam after Ahoms.

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