Asura Kingdom
Asura Kingdom (Sonitpura Kingdom) is a mythological kingdom, commonly associated with modern 'Tezpur' in central Assam and Banasura Hill in Kerala. The kingdom was contemporary of Pragjyotisha. In Assam, the name of the kingdom might be applied to the local inhabitants who were outside of the Hindu influence.[1] In Kalika purana, Banasura, the last ruler of the asura kingdom is represented as an anti-Brahminical character.[2] The references for the kingdom comes from Puranas, Mahabharata and other epics.[3]
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- Shin (2018), p. 321:These accounts show the Puranic perception of the Saiva cult in early medieval Kamarupa, which consisted largely of popular cults of local inhabitants or people out of the Brahmanical ambit.
- Shin (2018), p. 321: "(H)e was imagined or represented as an anti-Brahminical character in the Kalika Purana.."
- Caudhurī 1985, p. 67.
References
- Caudhurī, Niśipada (1985). Historical archaeology of central Assam.
- Shin, Jae-Eun (2018), "Redefining Divine Presence: A Study of Hidden Lingas in the Mid-Brahmaputra Valley", in Bopearachchi, Osmund; Ghosh, Suchandra (eds.), Early Indian History and Beyond:Essays in Honour of Professor B.D Chattopadhyaya, Delhi: Primus Books, pp. 313–34
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