A Study of Women Participation in Politics During Ahom Period

Abstract

The Ahoms belong to the Tai of the South East Asia ruled over a major part of Assam from 1228 AD upto 1826 AD. As they grew powerful they acquired some duties, privileged and status and these became hereditary in time. These duties and status of men simultaneously began to determine the position of women in that society. In North East India the tribal societies , women enjoyed sustainable amount of freedom than their counter parts of others part of the country, this makes the women participation in politics an important field for research studies. The present study tries to evaluate the political status of women in Ahom period. During this period of their political authority women played significant role in different aspects of Ahom political life from regency to political conspiracies and even fighting wars.