Jungal Balahu was a king in medieval

Kamarupa Kamarupa (; also called Pragjyotisha or Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa), an early state during the Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, was (along with Davaka) the first historical kingdom of Assam. The Kamrupa word first appeared in the ...

around 1365-1385 A.D. The kingdom was in present-day

Raha, Assam Raha is a small town in Nagaon district of Assam, India, situated near the National Highway 37. The river Kolong and Kopili flows near Raha. Raha is also situated near to Chaparmukh, a small town popularly known for Chaparmukh junction, one o ...

ruled by members of his dynasty. A statue of Jungal Balahu is erected in Jungal Balahu Garh. It is a tourist destination,

Early life

Balahu, also known as Mriganka in 1415-1440, was son of Gangawati and Arimatta(Sasanka) in 1365-1385

Kamata Kingdom The Kamata Kingdom ; in the eastern Sivalik Hills, emerged in western Kamarupa probably when Sandhya (ruler of Kamarupa), Sandhya, a ruler of Kamarupanagara, moved his capital west to Kamatapur sometime after 1257 CE. Since it originated in ...

. There are many legend about Arimatta. During

Baro-Bhuyan The ''Baro-Bhuyans'' (or ''Baro-Bhuyan Raj''; also ''Baro-Bhuians'' and ''Baro-Bhuiyans'') were confederacies of soldier-landowners in Assam and Bengal in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. The confederacies consisted of loosel ...

's rule was the son of Chandraprabha/Khonchari and Pratap Singha/Mayamatta.This is described in Deo Langkhui. Pratap Singha/Pratap Dhwaja in 1305-1325 was the ruler of

Last Kamata Kingdom ruler

Balahu died of drowning in Kolong river where he was taking a bath. His wife Xukomola was daughter of Naga king Fa Badchah. She conspired with her father and hid the divine sword of Balahu that made him invincible.He defeated all nearby kingdoms. Mriganka/ Balahu was the last ruler of

. After him Niladhwaj of Kamata came to power established

Khen dynasty The Khen dynasty (also Khyen dynasty) of Assam was a late medieval dynasty of the erstwhile Kamata kingdom. After the fall of the Pala dynasty of Kamrupa, the western region was reorganized into the Kamata kingdom when Sandhya moved his capita ...

, thereby ending the Kamata Kingdom.

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* Narasimha and Emenyouin : African Literature Comes of Age, 1988,p 1-3 * Richard M Dorson : Folklore and Folklife,1972,p-2 * Padmanath Gohain Barua : Assam Buranji

Buranji Buranjis (Ahom language: ''ancient writings'') are a class of historical chronicles and manuscripts associated with the Ahom kingdom. There were written initially in the Ahom Language and later in the Assamese language as well. The Buranjis ar ...

* Pratap Chandra Choudhury: History of Civilization of the people of Assam to the 12th century AD,p26 * Dharma Singh Deka : Rahar Regoni, Jyotirekha Nagaon,1980 * Maneswar Dewri : Tiwa Janajati aru Bhasar Itihas, Tribal Research Institute, Guwahati, Assam,1991 Tribes of Assam Assam 14th-century Indian monarchs History of Assam