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| {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} | | #REDIRECT [[Asura kingdom]] |
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| |common_name = Sonitpura Kingdom
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| |capital = [[Tezpur]]
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| '''Asura Kingdom''' (Sonitpura Kingdom) was the legendary kingdom, established by Marichi, first of the kings of ruling dynasty, in the [[Iron Age in India|Iron age]], in area what now known as '[[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]]' with capital at modern '[[Tezpur]]' in central [[Assam]]. The kingdom was contemporary of [[Pragjyotisha Kingdom|Pragjyotisha]] of [[Kamarupa]]. The references for the kingdom comes from [[Puranas]], [[Mahabharata]] and other epics.<ref>Niśipada Caudhurī (1985), ''Historical archaeology of central Assam'', p.67, The Bhagavat and Visnu Puranas narrate the story of Bana, son of Bali, king of Sonitpur. Sonitpur is identified with the modern city of Tezpur. He is known as Banasura, contemporary of Naraka</ref>
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| ==Dynasty==
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| | 4 || [[Prahlad]]
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| | 5 || [[Virochana]]
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| | 6 || [[Mahabali]]
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| | 7 || [[Banasura|Bana]]
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Pragjyotisha Kingdom]]
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| *[[Mahabharata]]
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| {{History of Assam}}
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| [[Category:Kingdoms in the Mahabharata]]
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| [[Category:Kingdoms of Assam]]
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