buranji
Sign in to saveBuranjis (Ahom language: ancient writings) are the state historical chronicles and manuscripts of the Ahom kingdom (fl. 1228–1826). These were written initially in the Ahom Language and from the 16th century additionally in the Assamese language. The Buranjis are an example of historical literature which is rare in India—they bear resemblance to Southeast Asian traditions of historical literature instead. The Buranjis are generally found in manuscript form (locally called puthi), written on sanchipat; a number of these manuscripts have been compiled and published especially in the Assamese lan
Key facts
- Literary genre.name
- Buranji
- Literary genre.image
- Tai Script of Ahom Kingdom.jpg
- Literary genre.caption
- Ahom script chronicle on sanchipat
- Literary genre.stylistic_origins
- Court chronicles, historical records
- Literary genre.distinctive_features
- Usage of sexagenary cycle
- Literary genre.popularity
- Historically significant, studied for research in Assam history & Tai-Ahom language
- Literary genre.formats
- Sanchipat
- Literary genre.authors
- Ahom kingdom officers
- Literary genre.relatedgenres
- Royal chronicles
- Literary genre.base1
- Kingdom of Assam
- Literary genre.pub1
- Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies, Govt. of Assam
- Literary genre.regional_scenes
- Northeast India
- Literary genre.local_scenes
- Assam
- Literary genre.other_topics
- Ahom dynasty, History of Assam
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Description
- Buranji writing tradition
- Textual updating practices
- Traditional classifications of Buranjis
- Language
- Ahom buranjis
- Assamese buranjis
- Loss
- Buranjis in historiography
- Pre-colonial
- Colonial
- Gait's ''A History of Assam''
- Nationalist response—Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiti
- Sarkar—''History of Aurangzib''
- Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies
- Published Buranjis
- Published Buranjis—S K Bhuyan
- Post-Colonial
- Buranjis in ''Comprehensive History of Assam''
- Textual relationships of some Buranjis
- A selected list of Buranjis
- Expanded notes
- Notes
- References
Buranjis (Ahom language: ancient writings) are the state historical chronicles and manuscripts of the Ahom kingdom (fl. 1228–1826). These were written initially in the Ahom Language and from the 16th century additionally in the Assamese language. The Buranjis are an example of historical literature which is rare in India—they bear resemblance to Southeast Asian traditions of historical literature instead. The Buranjis are generally found in manuscript form (locally called puthi), written on sanchipat; a number of these manuscripts have been compiled and published especially in the Assamese language.
They are some of the primary sources of historical information of Assam's medieval past, especially from the 13th century to the colonial times in 1828; and they have emerged as the core sources for historiography of the region for the pre-colonial period. The details in the Buranjis regarding the Ahom-Mughal conflicts agree with those in the Mughal chronicles such as Baharistan, Padshahnama, Alamgirnamah and Fathiyyah; and they also provide additional details not found in these Mughal chronicles.
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