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Kamatapur Kingdom
The Kamata Kingdom emerged in western Kamarupa probably when Sandhya, a ruler of Kamarupanagara, moved his capital west to Kamatapur sometime after 1257 CE. Since it originated in the old seat of the Kamarupa Kingdom, and since it covered most of the western parts of it, the kingdom is also sometimes called Kamarupa-Kamata.
It covered a region corresponding to the presentday undivided districts of Kamrup, Goalpara, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts in India and Rangpur and northern parts of Mymensingh in Bangladesh.
The rise of the Kamata Kingdom marked the end of the ancient period in the history of Assam and the beginning of the medieval period. The last rulers were the Khens, who were later displaced in 1498 by Alauddin ...
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