JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



JUNE, 1848. 



Notes on Ancient Temples and other remains in the vicinity of Sud- 

 dyah, Upper Assam, — By Major S. F. Hannay. Communicated 

 by W. Seton Karr, Esq., Under-Secretary to the Government of 

 Bengal. 



Being desirous of making some researches in the jungles north of 

 Suddyah for the remains of the former inhabitants of that section of 

 Upper Assam, I took the opportunity of my yearly visit to Laikwah, 

 to make excursions in the different directions pointed out by the vil- 

 lagers as leading to temples, tanks, and other remains of a people differ- 

 ent in every respect from the present races inhabiting the country, and 

 who are associated in their ideas with the Demigods and Deotas of 

 ancient Hindooism. 



Bishmook Nuggur. — This is a Hill Fort ; built according to the tradi- 

 tions of the people of Upper Assam, by a rajah of that name (Bish- 

 mook), whom the Hindoostanees appear to identify with Bheekrum, 

 rajah of Koondilpoor, the father of the celebrated Rukhmuni. It is 

 situated at the foot of the mountains nearly north of Suddyah, between 

 the Dikrung and Debong rivers, and may be distant about 16 miles. 



In proceeding to this Fort, we passed over the Suddyah plain in a 

 northerly direction, and at a distance of about six miles came out on 

 the Dikrung river, up the bed of which we continued our course on ele- 

 phants, till the morning of the 3d day, when we reached the hills. The 

 route was then on foot, through the tree jungle on the right bank of 

 the river, winding along the tracks of wild elephants (but more frequent- 

 ly obliged to cut our path) for about two hours, when we found our- 



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