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 w PRE-HISTORIC AND HISTORIC ASASI of Dibong exhipited marks of their existence, or of that of a nation resembling them in an acquaintance with the useful arts. The plains to the eastward of the Kulta country, beyond the Misumis, is well known es the country of the Lama or the Yam Sinh Raja, a nation also inde- rencent and said to be frequently engaged in hostility with the Kultas." (AR, Vol. XVI, 1828, pp 344-45). WI.C.B.Nopines: "The Ahom influence extended up to the pre- sent Pomako' (the promised land) district of Tibet." (p. 34). Lt. Col. F. M. Bailey came to know that the upper reaches of the rivers and streams in that area were populated by the Abors in the beginning of the last century and the Tibetans or the inhabitants of Bhutan and other Buddhist regions in the Eustern Plateau had migrated to Mipi, a Mishmi village". (No Passport to Tibet, p. 8). On the authority of Dr. John Peter Wade, the Sady-Khowa Gohain, in the reign of Suhummur alias Dihingi.. Raja I (1497-1539), administered the Muhmi country (An Account of Assam, 1800, p. 21) and the Abors were also subjugated by the Ahom kings (Mille's Report on the Province of Assom, Moniram Dewan, App.): W.I.C.B.M. regrets: "But then it was too late to claim the arca of the Kolita Kingdom for India. Had the British made enquiries into this inaportant fact carlier, India would not have lost such a valuable tract of land to Tibet.... This area is warm, fertile and comparatively thickly populated. According to beliefs and legends prevalent among the Tibetans of the East, the region was named as Pemako and was ordained to be inhabited by them. The Bhutanese, the Monpes and the Tibetans came to colonize this tract....Bailey's tindings confirm that Indian nationals, the Abors, were inhabiting this area." (p. 35). Lost to India probably for good, as has been the fate of the precious Kalith Kingdom, through the ignorance of the people and negligence of the earlier rulers of Asam, another tradition about it is still eloquent that the Kalita king shall turn up once more and maintain his sway over the whole of Asam. Whatever may be the kernel of the truth in this obstinate tradition, let us hope young Asam will at least find out when this kingdom was first founded which must be a fact about three millenniums old. The ARYAN KINGDOM OF DURLABHA'S FATHER: The first charter of Indra Pal refers to his father: Asidudirakittirdata sucih kalákušalah: Tasya Purandara Palah sunuh Sürasca sukavica... Jamadagnya-bhajavikramarjita priya raya nipavardasambhavam Durlabheti sa tu loka-Durlabham pripya samyagabhavati kalatra- van. (vs. 10-14).