Tai-Ahom people

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The Tai-Ahom people are an ethnic group of Tai origin in Northeast India, historically known for founding and ruling the Ahom kingdom in Assam for several centuries.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ahom people 5
Ahom 2
Tai-Ahom 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai ethnic group
ethnic group
administrativeSystemHistorically Paik system
battleFoughtByKingdom Battle of Itakhuli
Battle of Saraighat
capitalOfKingdom Rangpur
Sivasagar
country India
culturalHeritage Ahom chronicles (Buranjis)
culturalPractice Ahom religious rituals
ancestor veneration
currentPrimaryLanguage Assamese language
linked to: Assamese
endOfRule 19th century
ethnicGroupIn Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
ethnicOrigin Tai
founded Ahom kingdom
foundingRulerOfKingdom Sukaphaa
heritageSiteAssociated Charaideo maidams
Kareng Ghar
Rang Ghar
Talatal Ghar
historicalRegion Upper Assam
knownFor long-lasting kingdom in Assam
resistance to Mughal expansion
languageFamily Tai-Kadai languages
languageHistoricallySpoken Ahom language
migrationCentury 13th century
migrationOriginTradition Upper Myanmar
linked to: Upper Burma

Yunnan region
linked to: Yunnan Province
notableKing Pratap Singha
Rudra Singha
Suhungmung
Sukaphaa
partOf Assamese people
politicalSystemHistorically monarchy
primaryRegion Assam
recognizedAs Other Backward Class in Assam
region Northeast India
religionCurrentlyPracticed Buddhism
Hinduism
Shaktism
Vaishnavism
religionHistoricallyPracticed Tai folk religion
ancestor worship
ruled Ahom kingdom
scriptHistoricallyUsed Ahom script
seekingStatus Scheduled Tribe status in India
startOfRule 13th century

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assamese people relatedEthnicGroup Tai-Ahom people
Shan relatedEthnicGroup Ahom
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
Ahom kingdom ethnicGroup Tai-Ahom
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
Tai peoples includesEthnicGroup Ahom people
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
Upper Assam hasEthnicGroup Tai-Ahom
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
Shan people relatedEthnicGroup Ahom people
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
Tai languages hasEthnicGroup Ahom people
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
Tai Yai relatedEthnicGroup Ahom
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
Ahom language spokenInPastBy Ahom people
linked to: Tai-Ahom people
Ahom language ethnicGroup Ahom people
linked to: Tai-Ahom people