INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ahom (Pron: /ˈɑːhɒm/), or Tai-Ahom is an ethnic group from the Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The members of this group are admixed descendants of the Tai people who reached the Brahmaputra valley of Assam in 1228 and the local indigenous people who joined them over the course of history.

Detailed explanation-2: -They originated in the Chinese province of Yunnan and began migrating into Indochina and northern Myanmar (Burma) in the first centuries ad. Their original language is now extinct, and they speak Assamese.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Ahoms belonged to the Shan branch of great Tai or Thai family of South-East Asia. They ruled the Ahom kingdom in present day Assam for 598 years. The dynasty was established by Sukaphaa, a Shan prince of Maulung who came to Assam after crossing the Patkai Mountain.