Cultural development of Kamarupa

Kamarupa was a kingdom in Northeast India that was ruled by three dynasties (Varmans, Mlechchha, and Palas) from their capitals in Pragjyotishpura, Haruppeshwara, and Durjaya.

The "Sankara Digvijaya" mentions a philosophical debate between Sankaracharya, a prominent Brahmanic leader of the ninth century, and Abhinava Gupta, a renowned Buddhist scholar, in Kamarupa.

[4] According to Giuseppe Tucci, based on Tibetan sources such as "Grub To'b" and "Bka ababs bdun ldan," the Buddhist Siddha Minanatha, revered in Tibet as an incarnation of Avalokiteśvara, was believed to have been a fisherman from Kamarupa.

[7] It has been suggested that Visakha Datta, the renowned playwright of the Mudrarakshasam drama, who thrived in the latter part of the seventh century, may have come from the region of Kamarupa, located between the Teesta and the Kausika rivers.

Additional carvings on the western slope of Kamakhya hill, facing the Brahmaputra River, include representations of the sun god and Indra, as identified by Mr.

Numerous carved and sculptured stones were discovered, with most of them being relocated to the compounds of European officers and the tea planters club for decorative purposes.

Vishnu is adorned with customary ornaments, including the kaustubha and srivatsa symbols, a sacred thread, and a long garland (vanamala) reaching the knees.

The deities on the left, however, deviate from expectations, with the upper figure appearing as Hanuman or an attendant of Vishnu and the lower one resembling a seated cross-legged ascetic, likely representing the donor as a devotee.

At the entrance of the sub-divisional officer's residence in Sibsagar, there is a collection of stone images and architectural fragments believed to be remnants of a Vishnu temple dating from the tenth to eleventh centuries AD.

Mr. Dikshit suggests that these sculptures largely follow the artistic traditions of the Tezpur and Bamuni Hill temples of central Assam, attributed to the ninth and tenth centuries.