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{{Infobox former country<br />
|conventional_long_name = Asura kingdom<br />
|common_name = Sonitpura kingdom<br />
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|era = <br />
|status = Mythical<br />
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'''Asura kingdom''', or Sonitpura kingdom, is a mythological kingdom that is mentioned in a multiple of [[Indian epic poetry|Hindu epics]]{{sfn|Caudhurī|1985|p=67}} which later came to be associated with modern-day [[Tezpur]] in central [[Assam]] and [[Banasura Hill]] in [[Kerala]]. The kingdom was contemporary of [[Pragjyotisha kingdom|Pragjyotisha]]. In [[Puranas|Puranic literature]], Pragjyotisha and Sonitpura were located to the north-west of the [[Indian subcontinent]] in what is modern-day [[Punjab]] and [[Sindh]].<ref>{{harvp|Shin|2018b|p=36}}</ref> In Assam, the name of the legendary kingdom might be applied to the local inhabitants who were outside of the Hindu fold.<ref>{{harvp|Shin|2018a|p=321}}:"These accounts show the Puranic perception of the Saiva cult in early medieval Kamarupa, which consisted largely of popular cults of local inhabitants or people out of the Brahmanical ambit."</ref> In [[Kalika purana]], [[Banasura]], the last ruler of the asura kingdom is represented as an anti-Brahminical character.<ref>{{harvp|Shin|2018a|p=321}}: "(H)e was imagined or represented as an anti-Brahminical character in the ''Kalika Purana''.."</ref><br />
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==Dynasty==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:25%;" align="center"<br />
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! !! Name <br />
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| 1 || [[Marichi]] <br />
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| 2 || [[Kashyapa|Kashyap]] <br />
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| 3 || [[Hiranyakashipu]] <br />
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| 4 || [[Prahlad]] <br />
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| 5 || [[Virochana]] <br />
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| 6 || [[Mahabali]] <br />
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| 7 || [[Banasura|Bana]] <br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Pragjyotisha Kingdom]]<br />
*[[Mahabharata]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
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* {{cite book |last=Caudhurī |first=Niśipada |title=Historical archaeology of central Assam |year=1985 |publisher=B.R. Publishing}} <br />
* {{citation|last=Shin|first=Jae-Eun|contribution = Redefining Divine Presence: A Study of Hidden Lingas in the Mid-Brahmaputra Valley|year=2018a |title= <br />
Early Indian History and Beyond: Essays in Honour of Professor B.D Chattopadhyaya| editor-last = Bopearachchi| editor-first = Osmund|editor2-last=Ghosh |editor2-first=Suchandra |pages = 313–34| place =Delhi|publisher = Primus Books}}<br />
* {{Citation| last = Shin| first = Jae-Eun| contribution = Region Formed and Imagined: Reconsidering temporal, spatial and social context of Kamarupa| year = 2018b | title = Modern Practices in North East India: History, Culture, Representation| editor-last = Dzüvichü| editor-first = Lipokmar |editor2-last=Baruah |editor2-first=Manjeet |pages = 23–55| place = London & New York| publisher = Routledge}}<br />
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