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Kareng Ghar

Seven-storey Ahom royal palace at Garhgaon near Sivasagar, rebuilt in the 1750s

Photo: Anol Protim Boruah · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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01 — The story

Kareng Ghar, also called the Garhgaon Palace, stands at Garhgaon about 15 km from Sivasagar in Assam; 'kareng' means royal palace in Assamese. The palace was built of wood and stone, and its earliest parts were commissioned by the Ahom king Sukhrungphaa in 1698.

In 1751 Sunenphaa raised a brick wall about 5 km long around the palace, with a masonry gateway. After the old palace was destroyed, it was rebuilt around 1752 under Suremphaa (1751–1769) as the seven-storeyed structure that survives today.

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02 — About

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We’re still writing about Kareng Ghar: its history, what’s there and why it’s worth the trip.