Moidams of the Ahom Dynasty
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Overview
The Moidams are mound burials of the Ahom kings and nobles at Charaideo in Assam, the first capital of the Ahom kingdom founded in the thirteenth century.
Each moidam is a vaulted chamber covered by an earthen mound, often topped with a small pavilion. The Ahoms ruled the Brahmaputra valley for about six hundred years.
The site was inscribed as a cultural World Heritage Site in 2024, the first in the north-east in the cultural category.
Geography and key facts
- Charaideo, Assam
- Burial mounds of Ahom royalty
- Cultural World Heritage Site (2024)
- Ahom rule: about 600 years
Why it matters for UPSC
Ahom history (Lachit Borphukan, Battle of Saraighat) and this WHS are popular questions.
Note for UPSC
Cultural World Heritage Site, inscribed 2024 · Assam.
UPSC asks about the state, the dynasty or period, and whether a site is cultural or natural.
Asked in PYQs
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Key facts
- Type
- World Heritage Site
- State / UT
- Assam
- Heritage type
- Cultural
- Inscribed (UNESCO)
- 2024
- Coordinates
- 26.944°N, 94.875°E
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
- Indian Architecture and Temple Styles (map lesson)
- Performing Arts, Paintings and Heritage (map lesson)
- Hindu Temple Architecture: Nagara, Dravida and Vesara (map lesson)
- Indo-Islamic, Mughal and Colonial Architecture (map lesson)
- Mughal Culture: Architecture, Painting, Literature and Music (map lesson)
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