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Narakasura

Kāmarūpa ruler
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  • Assam, India
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    / Prehistory to the early 13th century

    King Narakasura and his son Bhagadatta were legendary rulers of Kamarupa in the Mahabharata period (roughly 400 bce to 200 ce). A Chinese traveler, Xuanzang, left a vivid account of the country and its people about 640 ce. Although information about the following centuries is meager,…

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    King Narakasura and his son Bhagadatta were legendary rulers of Kamarupa in the Mahabharata period (roughly 400 bce to 200 ce). A Chinese traveler, Xuanzang, left a vivid account of the country and its people about 640 ce. Although information about the following centuries is meager,…

    Read More