Sudangphaa

Sudangphaa was the king of Ahom kingdom from 1397 CE to 1407 CE. He was popularly known as "Bamuni Konwar" or "the Brahman prince" because of his upbringing in a Brahman's house. His reign marks the first stage in the growth of Brahmanical influence and Hinduism amongst the Ahoms. He initiated the Singarigharutha ceremony, which is a Tai-Ahom ceremony of coronation of kings, a tradition which will be followed by his successors.

Sudangphaa was the son of Ahom king Tyao Khamti, from his younger queen. King Tyao Khamti went on a military expedition against the Sutiya Kingdom, to avenge the murder of his elder brother, king Sutuphaa. He appointed his elder queen in charge of the kingdom, in his absence. The younger queen was pregnant at the time of the king's departure. The elder queen was jealous of the younger queen as the latter was more favourite to the king and also she was about to give birth to king's first child, which will enhance her position. Therefore, in order to get rid of younger queen, the elder queen took advantage of her position as regent to cause a false accusation to be preferred against her. The charge was investigated and declared true, whereupon the elder queen ordered her to be beheaded. The ministers however, seeing that she was pregnant, instead of killing her set her adrift on the Brahmaputra on a raft. The raft floated for some time and landed in Habung village, where a Brahman gave the unfortunate woman shelter. She died after giving birth to a boy and told the Brahman about the real identity of the boy. The Brahman brought up the young prince along with his other children. The young prince took the Brahman and his family as his own and spent his childhood with them.

King Tyao Khamti was horrified to hear of the execution of his favourite wife, especially when a new and impartial enquiry showed that the allegations against her were false. He was, however, too much under the influence of his elder queen to venture to take action against her. This, and his failure to prevent her from committing numerous acts of oppression, irritated the nobles so much that in 1389 CE, they caused him to be assassinated. The notorious elder queen was also put to death and was entombed along with the king in Charaideo.

Since there was no suitable successors to the throne, Chaothai Khum Burhagohain and Borgohain ruled the kingdom without a king from 1389 CE to 1397 CE. In 1397 CE, an Ahom trader named Thao Cheoken went across the Brahmaputra to trade in cattle, and there, in Habung village, he saw the young prince. Curious by the young boy's noble appearance, he made inquiries about him, and learnt that he was the son of king Tyao Khamti's younger queen. The Burhagohain was informed of these facts and after verifying the story and consulting the other ministers, he brought the young prince, who was then fifteen years of age, to the capital Charaideo and placed him on the throne. He took the name Sudangphaa and took control of his royal authority.

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