{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox country |native_name = |conventional_long_name = Davaka Kingdom |common_name = Davaka |capital = Unknown and Lanka |era = Classical Period |status = |image_map ={{South Asia in 350 CE|center|Location on the Davaka kingdom and contemporary South Asian polities circa 350 CE.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schwartzberg |first1=Joseph E. |title=A Historical atlas of South Asia |date=1978 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |page=145, map XIV.1 (d) |isbn=0226742210 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=182 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |access-date=16 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224162023/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/schwartzberg/pager.html?object=182 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} |s1 = |flag_s1 = |s2 = |s3 = |s4 = |flag_s4 = |S5 = |status_text = |empire = |government_type = |year_start = ?? |year_end = 6th century CE |footnotes = |today = India }} [[File:Davaka in the Allahabad Pillar inscription.jpg|thumb|right|upright|"Davaka" (Brahmi script: 15px15px15px) in the Allahabad Pillar inscription]] {{Assam History}} '''Davaka''' (Skt. *Ḍavāka) was a kingdom of ancient Indian subcontinent, located in current central region of Assam state.<ref>Suresh Kant Sharma, Usha Sharma (2005), ''Discovery of North-East India: Geography, History, Culture, ...'', Davaka (Nowgong) and Kamarupa as separate and submissive friendly kingdoms</ref> The references to it comes from the 4th century Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta, where it is mentioned as one of five frontier kingdoms of the Gupta Empire.<ref>Samatata- Davaka- Kamarupa - Nepala - Kartripura Pratyanta Nrpatibhir</ref> Other references are the Shung-Shu History of the Liu Song dynasty, where the kingdom is named ''Kapili'' (now the name of a river); the Gachtal stone pillar inscription written in Kamrupi Prakrit.<ref> identified with the Davaka region of Nagaon district of Assam, the location of which, can be confirmed by the Gachtal stone pillar inscription.6 The Allahabad stone pillar inscription of Samudragupta mentions Davaka along with Samatata {{harvcol|Boruah|2001|p=136}}</ref><ref>Kamrupi inscriptions associated with the Kamarupa kingdom give an estimate of its geographical location and extent.{{Harvcol|Lahiri|1991|pp=26–28}}</ref> N. K. Bhattasali has identified it with Dabaka in modern Hojai district, with the kingdom associated with the Kopili-Kolong river valley.<ref>{{harv|Mookerji|1973|p=24}}</ref><ref>{{harvcol|Dutta|2008|p=53}}</ref>
Historians such as B. N. Puri (1968) and P. C. Choudhury (1959) claim that it was absorbed much earlier in the first half of the 5th century during the reign of Kalyana Varman (422–446).<ref>"As regards the eastern limits of the kingdom, Davaka was absorbed within Kamarupa under Kalyanavarman and the outlying regions were brought under subjugation by Mahendravarman." {{harv|Choudhury|1959|p=47}}</ref><ref>"It is presumed that (Kalyana Varman) conquered Davaka, incorporating it within the kingdom of Kamarupa" {{harv|Puri|1968|p=11}}</ref>
Its capital was located near Kopili river. In the year 428 AD, an ambassador was sent to China by Davaka king, whose name according to Chinese sources is Yuegnai or Yu Chai.<ref>Besides these, the Chinese source clearly mentioned that the mission was sent by a king called Yueh-ai of the Kapili state whose capital city lies close to the Heng-ho or Ka- pi-li-ho river.{{harvcol|Boruah|2001|p=138}}</ref>
Gatchal Stone Pillar inscription mention that the Yavana(Muslim) crossed the boundary to move east to reach Davaka in 1362 (saka 1284). A river (identified as Yamuna) that floods during April-May helped naval forces to drive away enemies.<ref>{{harvcol|Boruah|2001|pp=136-137}}</ref>
==See also== * Dabaka * Nagaon * Dimasa Kingdom
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==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{Cite journal |last=Boruah |first=Nirode |date=2001 |title=The kingdom of the Kapili Valley of Assam|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44155755 |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume=62 |pages=135–143 |jstor=44155755 |issn=2249-1937}} *{{cite book| last = Choudhury| first = P. C.| title = The History of Civilization of the People of Assam to the Twelfth Century AD| publisher = Department of History and Antiquarian Studies, Gauhati, Assam | year = 1959}} *{{cite thesis |type=Ph.D. |last=Dutta |first=Anima |date=2008 |title=Political geography of Pragjyotisa Kamarupa |publisher=Gauhati University|hdl=10603/68309 |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/68309}} * {{cite book |last=Lahiri |first=Nayanjot |title=Pre-Ahom Assam: Studies in the Inscriptions of Assam between the Fifth and the Thirteenth Centuries AD |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt Ltd |year=1991 |location=Delhi}} *{{cite book| last = Puri| first = Brij Nath | title = Studies in Early History and Administration in Assam| publisher = Gauhati University| year = 1968}} *{{cite book| last = Mookerji| first = Radhakumud | title = The Gupta Empire| publisher = Motilal Banarasidass| year = 1973}} *{{Citation| last = Sharma| first = M M| contribution = Language and Literature| year = 1990| title = The Comprehensive History of Assam| editor-last = Barpujari| editor-first = H K| volume = I| pages = 263–264| place = Guwahati| publisher = Publication Board, Assam}} {{refend}}
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