518:) along the foothills of the eastern Himalayas from the capital to the eastern frontier. He consolidated his alliance with the tribal groups, with the help of whom his father had established the kingdom and decreed that their religious practice should prevail north of the Gohain Kamal Ali. He also was able to receive the alliance of the Bhuyans, who were inimical to his father, Biswa Singha. Finally, in the later part of 1562 Chilarai, the commander, marched at the head of a 60,000 strong force, with Naranarayan at the rear. And as he marched, he obtained the support of the Meches, Kacharis,
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Malladev ascended the throne in 1540, in the same year that his father had died, and acquired the title
Narayana, which was to become the dynastic title of his succeeding kings. He issued coins, and his seal was made. He appointed his step-brother Chilarai (then known as Sukladhwaj) the
582:, was killed along with 18,000 of his soldiers, and his brother was placed on the throne, however the authenticity of this account is highly doubted by scholars. Next, the Khairam raja, a Khasi chief of Nongkhrem, too submitted. Chilarai found a tougher foe in the Governor of
850:"But Brahminical Hinduism was not accepted by all people like the Koch, Mech, and Kachari people of the Kamata-Koch kingdom. On the contrary, the introduction of Brahminical Hinduism led to the conflict between the old religious tribal believers and the Hindu neophytes."(
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and another brother, Nara Singha, succeed the throne. Malladev, as he was then known, hastened back with
Chilarai and with the help of their supporters among the courtier, took over the throne. Nara Singha was pursued, who escaped first to the
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The preparations for a push east was made slowly and deliberately. After the reverses of Biswa Singha in 1547 due to logistics, and his own in 1547, he made calculated moves. He sent a diplomatic mission in 1555 to court of the new Ahom king
773:"He further instructed the Meches and the Koches living to the north of the Gohain Kamal Ali to follow their tribal customs, but in the territory south of this road as far as the Brahmaputra, Brahmanic rites were to be continued." (
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escalated in 1546 with three step-brothers forging ahead into the Ahom kingdom, to meet with their deaths. After a series of battles with varying fortunes, the Koch army was defeated by the Ahoms, then under
590:; but he was killed after a prolonged three-day battle via a stratagem, and his brother was placed after extracting tribute from him. The two brothers then returned to their capital via Dimarua and
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into
Assamese, and to compile the treatise on arithmetic, astronomy, and grammar. The laborious works of the scholars were widely circulated among the people of the country as a result of which
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king, Durlabhnarayan (1525–1580) submitted without a fight. Chilarai established Gohain Kamal as a governor at
Brahmapur (Khaspur) and left a contingent of soldier, who later came to be called
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and
Kachari people of the Koch-Kamata kingdom. This led to Naranarayan issue an official order to recognise the religious practices of the different groups residing in the area.
824:"The process of Hinduisation continued during the reign of Naranarayana. During his reign the fourfold caste system was introduced in Koch Behar by Siddhantavagisa"(
863:"Naranarayan had to issue an edict by which the tribal form of religious practice prevalent among like Koches, Meches, and the Kacharis was recognised"(
837:"All these factor went a long way in effecting a rapid transformation of Koch Behar royal family from tribalism to Saivaism and Vaisnavism"(
514:(1552–1603) to gather information about its state. Nara Narayan had his step-brother, Kamal Narayan, surreptitious lay a road (called
485:(1539–1552) who personally led the military, at the Battle of Pichala in 1547. This was followed by a period of calm and preparation.
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The end of
Naranarayan's reign is based on numismatic evidence: the earliest dates of coins issued by Lakshminarayan and Raghudev. (
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king, gave fight and was slain, and his son was established as the king. After the
Jaintia campaign, Chilarai marched against the
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However, the introduction of this new religion and varna system came in direct conflict with the old tribal belief system of the
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Narayan's son Lakshmi Narayan succeeded him after his death, but only inherited the western part of his kingdom
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was settled, which established the Koch hegemony in the
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in the mid 16th-century which accelerated the sankritisation of Koch royal family from their tribal belief system.
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and soon after his ascension began preparing to throw off the vassalage. A border tiff at Sala, just above
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129:Pragjyotisha kingdom
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909:"Narayani Currency"
726:region west of the
612:Srimanta Sankardeva
468:Koch-Ahom conflicts
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56:Biswa Singha
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914:25 December
877:Sarkar 1994
865:Sheikh 2012
852:Sheikh 2012
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728:Mechi river
678:Mahabharata
658:Man Singh I
643:Shukladhvaj
512:Sukhaamphaa
363:Naranarayan
225:Baro-Bhuyan
52:Predecessor
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654:Koch Bihar
620:Damodardev
616:Madhavdeva
608:Koch Behar
604:varnasrama
556:Narayanpur
483:Suklenmung
304:Categories
967:2249-1937
813:Nath 1989
800:Nath 1989
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546:Conquests
437:Ascension
62:Successor
47:1554–1587
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520:Bhutiyas
478:Kaliabor
443:Varanasi
426:Narayani
386:Chilarai
156:Medieval
98:a series
96:Part of
19:For the
674:Puranas
572:Jaintia
564:Kachari
560:Maibang
532:Barnadi
528:Bhuyans
456:yuvaraj
410:Jaintia
402:Tripura
398:Kachari
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