Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 7Social ScienceAdivasis3 Marks
Question
Ahom state
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Answer
Ahom people came from present Myanmar and settled in the valley area of Brahmaputra river in Assam.
They changed the old political system of landlord (Bhuiyan) and established a new state.
In the $16\ th$ century, Ahom people merged the kingdoms Chutio $(1523\ AD)$ and Koch-Hajo $(1581\ AD)$ into their own kingdoms as well as they established a vast Ahom kingdom by conquering the surrounding tribes.
In the $17\ th$ century, Ahom people could manufacture ammunition and cannons.
There were many attacks on Ahom people from South-West India. In $1662\ AD$. Ahom people fought valiantly against the Mughal army led by Mir Jumla but they lost. Ahom state was based on forced labour.
The people who were forced to work for the state were called 'Paiks'. On the basis of census, people from more populated areas were moved to less populated areas which led to the division of the Ahom clan.
Men of the Ahom tribe were active in the army during wartime and at the other times they were engaged in public activities like farming and irrigation. Ahom people implemented innovative methods of paddy cultivation. Ahom society had many cultural diversities.
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