Sukaphaa
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#Sukaphaa
Sukaphaa · c. 1189–1268
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Who this is
Founder-king — first ruler of the Ahom dynasty, which held upper Assam from 1228 to 1826, the longest run of any dynasty in Indian history.
“The most enduring kingdom India ever had was founded by an immigrant who conquered less than he absorbed — and Assam still keeps his day, every 2nd of December.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“You can found a durable state without winning a single famous battle: walk in with rice seed and skilled farmers, marry the neighbours instead of massacring them, and write everything down. Sukaphaa's kingdom outlived every empire that was its contemporary — and kept the Mughals out of Assam.”
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