Jaintia Kingdom
Jaintia Kingdom | |||||||
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| 500–1835 | |||||||
The Khasi and Jaintia Hills in the Bengal Gazetteer of 1907 | |||||||
| Capital | Jaintiapur (winter) Nartiang (summer) | ||||||
| Religion | Niamtre (Niam Khasi), Hinduism (royal family/elites) | ||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
• 1500–1516 (first) | Prabhat Ray Syiem Sutnga | ||||||
• 1832–1835 (last) | Rajendra Singh Syiem Sutnga | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 500 | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1835 | ||||||
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| Today part of | India Bangladesh | ||||||
The Jaintia Kingdom was a kingdom in present-day some parts of Bangladesh's Sylhet Division, India's Meghalaya state and Nagaon, Morigoan district of Assam. It was partitioned into three in 630 AD by Raja Guhak for his three sons, into the Jaintia Kingdom, Gour Kingdom and Laur Kingdom. It was annexed by the British East India Company in 1835. All the Pnar Rajahs of the Jaintiapur Kingdom are from the Syiem Sutnga clan, a Pnar clan of the Khasi tribe which claims descent from Ka Li Dohkha, a divine nymph.