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Kachari

Kachari is a generic term applied to a number of ethnic groups, predominantly in Assam, speaking Tibeto-Burman languages or claiming a common ancestry. The Kachari denotes tribes like Bodo, Dimasa, Sonowal, Rabha, Lalung (tiwa), Rabha, Garos and Tripura tribes (debbarmas, reangs, jamatia) which have their common origin. They were first classified by S. Endle as the Kacharis. They are considered to have reached the Brahmaputra valley via Tibet and settled in the foothills of the eastern Himalayan range which includes the whole of Assam, Tripura, North Bengal and parts of Bangladesh.

Kachari or Cachari may refer to:

  • Bodo-Kachari people
  • Barman
  • Dimasa
  • Dhimal
  • Garo
  • Hajong
  • Koch
  • Lalung
  • Mech
  • Rabha
  • Sonowal
  • Sarania
  • Thengal
  • Tiprasa
  • Kachari Kingdom
  • Koch Dynasty
  • Sutiya Kingdom
  • Twipra Kingdom
  • Kachari language
  • The Kachari Ruins in Dimapur
  • Deodhai script
  • International Bodo Festival

Usage examples of "kachari".

The district takes name from its former rulers of the Kachari tribe, of whom the first to settle here did so early in the 18th century, after being driven out of the Assam valley in 1536, and from the North Cachar Hills in 1706, by the Ahoms.