Northeastern Indian state of Assam has its capital city, Guwahati. It is beautifully positioned with an amphitheater of forested hills to the south, and it runs parallel to the Brahmaputra River (which is crossed there).

About 400 CE, the Hindu kingdom of Kamarupa (also known as Pragjyotisa) had its capital at Guwahati. Up to 1681, when it became the residence of the Ahom ruler of Lower Assam, the town was held alternately by Muslims and Ahoms (a Tai-speaking people who had moved from Yunnan province, China and governed much of Assam from the 13th century ce). The Ahom raja established it as his capital in 1786. Guwahati was ruled by the Myanmar (Burmese) from 1816 until 1826, when it was given to the British as the capital of Assam. The capital was relocated.

A significant river in both Central and South Asia is the Brahmaputra. From its origins in the Himalayas, it travels over 1,800 miles (2,900 km) to meet the Ganges (Ganga) River, where the combined waters of the two rivers empties into the Bay of Bengal.

River Tsangpo (Brahmaputra)The Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River flows through the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, across the Himalayas.

The Brahmaputra flows through Bangladesh, the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Throughout its majority, the river functions as a significant inland waterway. However, it cannot be traversed to connect the plains of India with the mountains of Tibet. The river is both a creator and a destroyer in its lower course, dumping