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 23 TRACES OF EARLY ARYAN INVASIONS OF ASAM It is only later that the English natives borrowed joy, pleasure, de- light, cose, comfort and even.lojaure from their Norman masters. While the English merely hated earlier, they have now learnt the games of chase, dice and card-playing cte, and they, who earlier simply clothed themselves, have later learnt to dress in new apparel, costume, or gar. ment following the leading Fench fashion. Also in art, the English hod borrowed French colour, beauty, ornament, paint ete, and had had new furniture as chair, table ete, new palace, castle, vault, cloister, eben changing their humble hut for the fashionable French cottage. Thus the English have reformed their social life in every manner, becoming better and cheered even adopting French exclamation as alas, adiett ott. Finally, as a proof of peace cemented between the two nations, Paglish words formed bride with French words or English Inflectional-ending being added to French words such as children, simpleness, courly, beau tiful, artless, companionship ete (Composite Character of the English language, lwy D. Neor. Jenti, 3. April, 1935). FIVE TRACES OF EARLY ARYAN INVASIONS OF ASAM PARADOXICAL as it may appear to speak of Acam as a home and habitat of non-Aryan people and to admit it again is one of the earliest Aryan colonies in the country" (H.B.LLA PI) in the same breath, it is none-the-loss a fact as clear as broad daylight only if one cares to know the composite character of the Asamiya society and culture, manners and customs in general. The first introduetion of early light (Pragjyotis) into this country is attributed to none else than the line of kings beginning with Naraka who is styled as Mahatmana in the illustrious Mersa Carita by Bina Bhitta ("Mahatmonastasya (Narakaya) anvaye Bhagadatta-Polpa- datta-Vajradatta prabhurtiu vyatitesu meru-pamesu mahatu mahip- leu" (H.C. Ch. VII). The life story of Naraka is described in the Bhd. in (Bk. X, Ch. LIX) and Yogini Tantra (first half, Ch. XII) besides the Katia Purana (Chs. XXXVI to XL). It is narrted in the latter that Naraka was brought up in the family of Janaka, king of Vidcha and he married Maya, the princess of Vidarbhn. It is further related how hn killed his predecesor Ghatala, a Kirita (Mongelold) king, with the help of Krsna and established an early Aryan kingdom in the east. Historicity of Neraka no longer can be brushed aside once we admit Janalea and Kuna as historical figures. Yoin Chwhs the prince of tro- vellers, as he visited this country early in the seventh century A.D., left D. 4