IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

TRADITIONAL FOOD HABITS OF THE AHOM COMMUNITY

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HIMANGSHU SHEKHAR BORA,Dr. SADANANDA PAYENG
» doi: 10.48047/IJFANS/S3/137

Abstract

THE AHOM, ALSO KNOWN AS THE TAI AHOM, ARE AN ETHNIC GROUP FOUND MAINLY IN ASSAM THE CURRENT AHOM PEOPLE AND CULTURE ARE A MIX OF THE TAI PEOPLE, WHO FIRST CAME TO ASSAM’S BRAHMAPUTRA VALLEY IN 1228 C.E. AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO JOINED THEM. SUKAPHA, THE TAI GROUP’S LEADER, AND HIS 9000 SUPPORTERS FOUNDED THE AHOM EMPIRE (1226 CE). WHICH RULED OVER PART OF MODERN DAY ASSAM’S BRAHMAPUTRA VALLEY UNTILL 1826 C.E. THE CURRENT AHOM PEOPLE AND CULTURE ARE A MIX OF THE ANCIENT TAI PEOPLE AND CULTURE. AS WELL AS INDIGENOUS TIBETO. BURMAN PEOPLE AND CULTURES THAT THEY ASSIMILATED IN ASSAM IN AN EFFORT TO KNOW THEIR CULTURE AND TRADITION. AN STUDY HAS BEEN MADE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR FOOD HABITS

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