Town · Self-governing peoples of Northern India · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Dimapur: the Kachari capital

The Kachari town on the Dhansiri, with radiocarbon dates of the third century for the Rajbari citadel (English Wikipedia).

The Dimasa king list begins with the legend of the boy raised by a tiger; there is no chronicle before the eighteenth century. See Kachari (Dimasa).

Who holds it

Name
not named
Title
Chiefs of the Dimasa clans
Since
not known
Born
not known
Family
not known
Confidence
low

English Wikipedia, Dimasa Kingdom.

Lord in 1200

A Dimasa chief.

What the town holds

  • The citadel mound and the Dhansiri crossings

How things stand that morning

A Kachari town under clan chiefs.

Wealth

Rice, cotton, iron from the Naga hills.

Communities

Dimasa clans (Bodosa, Thaosengsa, Hasyungsa on later accounts), Naga neighbours.

Places of note

  • Dimapur: Kachari capital.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Radiocarbon and late chronicles.

Sources and studies

  1. English Wikipedia, Dimasa Kingdom

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.