GUWAHATI, Dec 3 � A stretch of about four and a half kilometres of the around 400-year-old historic Samdhara Garh in Nagaon district is missing due to human and riverine activities.
The rampart was built to prevent foreign intrusion. It is also called the China Wall of Assam, by the local people, besides the Burha-Burhi Garh. This 41-km rampart bears memories of the traditional war tactics of the Ahom rulers. It played a vital role in the military strategy of the Ahom rulers.
The earthen rampart constructed by Swargadeo Pratap Singha (1603 -1641 AD) is 41 km in length and located on both banks of the Brahmaputra. The southern bank part of the rampart is 11.2 km in length. Its average height is 4.5 metres at present, while it is 53 metres wide.
According to sources in the State Archaeology Directorate, the National Highway-37 has dissected the rampart at Rangagarha village near Amoni. It is located at a distance of around 145 km from Guwahati and two km from Amoni.
A stretch of around three kilometres of the rampart is missing near the Brahmaputra, while another stretch of around one and a half kilometres is missing near the Shiva Than temple at Rangagarha. Moreover, a Kali temple was constructed on the rampart at the Rangagarha point of the NH-37.
It is also observed that numbers of private houses have been built adjacent to the lower part of the rampart near the Mori-Kolong Suti. Two RCC Assam Type structures are also constructed on the rampart in different localities near the Mori-Kolong under Kaliabor Mouza.
Though the rampart is mostly free from encroachment in Kaliabor Mouza, it is under encroachment at several points in Samoguri Mouza. A number of new settlements have emerged on the portion of the rampart which runs parallel to the Mori-Kolong under Samoguri Mouza, said the sources.
GUWAHATI, Dec 3 � A stretch of about four and a half kilometres of the around 400-year-old historic Samdhara Garh in Nagaon district is missing due to human and riverine activities.
The rampart was built to prevent foreign intrusion. It is also called the China Wall of Assam, by the local people, besides the Burha-Burhi Garh. This 41-km rampart bears memories of the traditional war tactics of the Ahom rulers. It played a vital role in the military strategy of the Ahom rulers.
The earthen rampart constructed by Swargadeo Pratap Singha (1603 -1641 AD) is 41 km in length and located on both banks of the Brahmaputra. The southern bank part of the rampart is 11.2 km in length. Its average height is 4.5 metres at present, while it is 53 metres wide.
According to sources in the State Archaeology Directorate, the National Highway-37 has dissected the rampart at Rangagarha village near Amoni. It is located at a distance of around 145 km from Guwahati and two km from Amoni.
A stretch of around three kilometres of the rampart is missing near the Brahmaputra, while another stretch of around one and a half kilometres is missing near the Shiva Than temple at Rangagarha. Moreover, a Kali temple was constructed on the rampart at the Rangagarha point of the NH-37.
It is also observed that numbers of private houses have been built adjacent to the lower part of the rampart near the Mori-Kolong Suti. Two RCC Assam Type structures are also constructed on the rampart in different localities near the Mori-Kolong under Kaliabor Mouza.
Though the rampart is mostly free from encroachment in Kaliabor Mouza, it is under encroachment at several points in Samoguri Mouza. A number of new settlements have emerged on the portion of the rampart which runs parallel to the Mori-Kolong under Samoguri Mouza, said the sources.
