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cities it is interesting that ancient Assam throughout the period of
its history had witnessed the existence of four important cities
which serve as the seat of government for the country in different
times. These were namely Pragjyotishpur (during the tenure of
Varman rule), Hadapeshwara (during the Salastambha tenure)
Durjaya and Kamrupanagara (during the tenure of Pala rulers)
Though the exact location of these capital cities yet to be ascertain,
but still the eminent historian Lila Gogoi has made an interesting
comment that most of these cities might have been situated on
the northern bank of the mighty river Brahmaputra. 72 Accordingly,
Scholars now have arrived on an unanimous conclusion that the
location of the city of Handapeshwara was in the modern city of
Tezpur, on the northern bank of river Brahmaputra. On the other
hand, the invincible character of the city of Durjaya rightly make
an indication about the existence of this fortified city some where
around modern Guwahati i.e. on the southern bank of mighty
Brahmaputra. Similarly, though majority number of scholar tried
to identify the famous city of Pragjyotishpur on the southern bank
of river Brahmaputra, but still there are some scholar like L. Gogoi
who would like to assign its location on the norther bank 73
probably because of its easy accessibility. Thus, the matter still
remains uncertain and we now have no other alternative but to
wait for future archaeological discoveries.
The last important city of the list which served as the
seat of government for the Kamrupi king was the Kamrupa-nagara.
Reference of this city has been found only in the Pushpabhadra
72. Gogai, L. Asomar Sanskriti (As) (1994), 2006, p.73.
73. Ibid.