Sunday, November 27, 2016

Wikipedia Trail: From Bhima to Baro-Bhuyan

Well I started off my search in Bhima. He is one of my favorite characters that I have read about in this class so I just started this search with him!
Going through all that was in Bhima's page I was just kinda looking for something new or something that I had written about so that I could have a chance to go a little deeper into that if I could. While reading in this article most of everything in it was stuff that I had already read about him so once I saw Hidimba I clicked on that link.

Reading through my second link on Hidimba I found a few new things about him. Like he stood around 12 feet tall in his story with Bhima. That and he was apart of the great family of Bamun family of Nalbari Kamrup. Which lead me to the next link that was Kamrup.

I learned that Kamrup is an ancient kindom that now in the modern region of Assam. In the Mideval Kamrup lost a lot of their political rule which forced them to merge with other kingdoms and on of those were the Baro-Bhuyans. And that was my final link.

The Baro-Bhuyans were warrior chiefs and landlords in medeval Begal and Assam who maintained a independent confederacy. They were the ones that most of the time took care of aggressors, but in peaceful times kept their sovereignty and also kept a strong King in place of their confederacy.

In conclusion I though it was very interesting that Bhima lead me to another type of warrior and aggressor just like Bhima!!
Ancient Kamakhya Temple:Source

Links.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhima
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidimba
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamrup_region
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baro-Bhuyan

2 comments:

  1. Hey Stanton! This was a really cool wikipedia trail to follow. You did a good job explaining a little bit of what you found on each page and how you ended up on your next page. I like that you started and ended with warriors, kind of coming full circle through all of your searches. I also really liked the photo you had at the end of your post!

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