Question

Who founded the Kingdom of Ahom?
a. Sudangpha
b. Sukaphaa
c. Purendra Singha
d. Jogeshwer Singha

Answer 1

Hint:
1) The Ahom kingdom was based on the Paik system, a form of corvee labor that is neither feudal nor Asian.
2) A much-weakened kingdom fell under repeated Burman assaults, and eventually, after the Treaty of Yandabo in 1826, the rule of the kingdom passed into British hands.

Complete step by step solution:
Who, When & Where?
1) Chaolung Sukapha or Sukapha was the ruler of the 13th century who established the kingdom of Ahom, which ruled Assam for six centuries.
2) The land was controlled by the Ahoms until the province was annexed to British India in 1826 with the signing of the Yandaboo Treaty.
3) He entered the Brahmaputra valley with his people and finally settled in Charaideo in upper Assam in 1235 AD.
4) In Charaideo, Sukapha founded his first small principality, sowing the seeds of the Ahom kingdom's further expansion.

Social, Economic, and Administration in Ahom
1) The state of Ahom was reliant on forced labor.
2) Paiks were called those forced to work for the state.
3) The culture of Ahom was split into clans or khels.
4) A Khel was also in possession of many villages.
5) Ahoms served their own tribal gods, but they embraced the Hindu religion and the Assamese language instead of imposing their own language, religion, and rituals on communities living in Assam.
6) However, despite embracing Hinduism, the Ahom kings did not fully give up their traditional beliefs.
7) In his book 'A History of Assam,' Sir Edward Gait wrote that Sukapha is said to have left a place named Maulung (Myanmar) with eight nobles and some individuals in 1215 AD.

Note:
1) The culture of Ahom was very advanced. Land grants were granted to poets and scholars and theatre was promoted. Important Sanskrit works have been translated into the local language
2) Assam celebrates ‘Ahom Divas’ on 2nd December every year to commemorate Sukapha and his rule.