The Ahom Kingdom: How Thai Migrants Built a Northeast Indian Superpower

Thanks for watching, everyone! Hope you enjoyed this one. For me, it was so great to be able to tell such a unique origin story! Love a migration story that has twists and turns.

As an Indian (Assamese) from the state of Assam, I am greatly impressed by this video. Its the first time I have seen any western channel putting so much effort in showcasing the rich political history in the medieval era of my state. Most people while talking about the medieval history of India forget about this powerful kingdom and only focus on the Rajputs, Sultanates and Mughals. I am not saying that the rest are irrelevant but the Ahom Kingdom too deserves such attention.

Iam a Naga , we had a love hate relationship with the Ahoms , we fought them many times but also became an Ally and gave refuge to Ahom king in our hills (the Cave where the king took refuge is till there in Konyak region ) He married a Naga chieftain daughter but said to have died in childbirth hence the Ahom king named the place “Naganimora: Naga princess death place “ the town still exists and is now a bustling trading town on Nagaland-Assam border .

I'm from Kerala, and I'm so amazed by this video. I never knew such histories of North East India before, thanks that I could learn and understand about it more ❤🇮🇳

So proud to learn about the history of our relates (I live in Thailand). I now learned that we two groups have something in common, that's being "assimilated". Our ancient lands that became Thailand today once belonged to the Mon people of Dvaravati kingdom, one of our ancestry. Tai people ("Thai" in our dialect), our another main ancestry migrated down from the north (today south China) couple of millennia ago and mixed with the Mons. On one later time, the Khom (the Khmers nowadays are the left of once slave clade of the Khom empire) from the east invaded and captured our lands. On later time, our ancestry who drove off the Khom and declare independence from the Khom were Thai. They established Sukhothai kingdom, our first "Thai era" capital city. At the time, the original Tais and Mons were mixed and blended into mainly Thai cultures. So we are considered partly "assimilated" Thai like Ahom people.

As a Thai, the video was awesome to cover what my cousins did! The Ahom dynasty beating the cr@p out of the Mughals reminds me of Vietnam defeating the Mongols, the Chinese, the French and the Americans.

I'm Naga and after the introduction of Naga's relationship with Ahom, I request you bring a separate video on Naga's history. Thank you

I'm from assam and this is the first time I've seen a through video regarding the ahom kingdom. I'm not ahom myself but I'm super proud of them; their contribution is immense. From cultivation to their beautiful cusine! Thank you so much for putting uploading this video.

Tai legacy stretch from southern China to north east india. Love tai-ahom people from Thailand 🇹🇭

This is the Indian history we should be learning in schools. Sadly, Assam and Assamese history barely found a mention in national textbooks. Thanks Odd Compass for your brilliant efforts!

the fact ahom dynasty ruled for more than 6 centuries and didnt got captured by mughals!! that was one hell of a dynasty and one that doesn't get talked about a lot thankuuu for reall

As a Khar-khua Assamese, it's painful to see our cultural erasure from the History books of India, but so glad that there are people out there still who push for the acknowledgement of this glorious kingdom.

As a Bengali, I am fascinated by north eastern history of India. To learn Assamese history is awesome. Kudos. 👏

As an Ahom, I'm glad to know that our stories and cultures are being said and broadcasted. Joi Aai Axom!!!!!

Thank you for comprehensively covering topics which are ignored in Indian curriculum!

As an Indian (Assamese) we are very luck to born in such a great place. Joi aai axom ✊🏻

I was born and raised in Assam, same as my father and even though I could never be ethnically Assamese, a huge part of my cultural upbringing comes from there and I feel pride for the state. I loved having assam history from sixth to eighth grade in our school.

Can we just thank this random American dude who's giving us a broader and deeper understanding of South Asian history than 12 years of the government school syllabus? EDIT - Indian-American but my point stands

Thanks! It is just amazing to learn about Indian history not taught in our schools. You are doing great work.

Mong or Muang (เมือง) has been the basic unit of Tai-Lao-Kradai polity for millenia. Thai called Sukappha "Sua Ka Fa" (เสือก่าฟ้า).