Charagua

Charagua was an early capital of the Ahom kingdom in the upper Brahmaputra valley. King Sudangphaa established his court there after Charaideo, traditionally at the end of the fourteenth century. Its location belonged to a kingdom founded by Tai-speaking rulers in eastern Assam, whose authority grew among the communities of the river valley and surrounding hills over several centuries.

Sudangphaa’s reign is associated with changes in royal ceremony and the authority of the Ahom king. The singarigharutha coronation became a ceremony of royal sovereignty and legitimacy, while the ruler’s authority increasingly stood above older clan allegiances. Later kings moved the court to other centres, including Garhgaon and Rangpur, but Charagua remained one of the remembered capitals of the Ahom dynasty.