Charaideo district was separated from Sivsagar District on 15 August 2015. Ahom rule Assam for 600 years and there 1st came into Assam in 1228 AD. Swargadeo Chalong Chu - Kafa established the 1st Ahom Kingdom in Assam. In 1253 AD they established the 1st capital of Ahom Kingdom at Charaideo.
he maidams situated in Charaideo make the district an attractive tourist destination. Comparable to the pyramids of Egypt, the maidams are actually burial grounds of Ahom Kings and Queens. They are substances of wonder seen-through the brilliant architecture and expertise of the artsmen and masons of Assam of the medieval era. The district also boasts of ancient ruins and relics which add to its crowning glory. ocated approximately 30 km from Sibsagar town in Assam is Charaideo, the first capital of the Ahom established by the first Ahom king Chao Lung Siukapha in 1253. Charaideo symbolises the Ahom power, the place of origin of the royal Ahoms. Before the arrival of Sukaphaa the place was a place of worship for local tribes like Moran, Borahi. Though the capital of the Ahom kingdom moved many times, Charaideo remained the symbolic center. It contains sacred burial grounds of Ahom kings and queens and is also the place of ancestral Gods of the Ahoms. The Ahom kings and Queens were buried after extensive and long royal burial rituals. The tombs (Maidam) of Ahom kings and queens at Charaideo hillocks resemble the shape of the pyramids and are objects of wonder revealing the excellent architecture and skill of the sculptors and masons of Assam of the medieval days. The actual number of Maidam were more than 150 but only 30 Maidams are protected by the Archaeological Survey of India and Assam State Archaeology Department, and the remaining Maidams are unprotected. Most of these unprotected Maidams are encroached by people and getting damaged. The biggest unprotected Maidam is the Bali Maidam near Nimonagarh. This Maidam is called Bali Maidam, because while British plundered it, they got obstruction from excess sand (bali) in the surrounding of the Maidam.
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