Chaolung Sukapha

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Recently, the union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways led a vibrant celebration of Assam Day and paid rich tributes to Chaolung Sukapha.

About Chaolung Sukapha

• He was a visionary 13th-century ruler who founded the Ahom kingdom that ruled Assam for six centuries.
•  He is widely referred to as the architect of “Bor Asom” or “greater Assam”.
• It was in Charaideo that Sukapha established his first small principality, sowing the seeds of further expansion of the Ahom kingdom.

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Administration of Chaolung Sukapha

• He divided the kingdom into territorial units called khels or phoids, each under an officer responsible for supplying a fixed number of paiks. 
  • Paiks are the able-bodied male population who owed labour and military service to the state.
  • Every adult male between sixteen and fifty was registered as a paik and served the king for part of the year in agriculture, construction, or war. In return, he was allotted land for personal cultivation.
• He emphasized guerrilla tactics suited to the terrain of rivers, jungles, and hills. 

Why is Chaolung Sukapha Important?

• Sukapha’s significance — especially in today’s Assam — lies in his successful efforts towards assimilation of different communities and tribes.
• He adopted a policy of conciliation and assimilation rather than annihilation.
• Sukapha developed very amiable relationships with the tribal communities living in Assam — especially the Sutias, the Morans and the Kacharis.

Source: PIB