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出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/04 13:09 UTC 版)
Jorhat city (Assamese: যোৰহাট ) is the second largest city in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated 307 kilometres (191 mi) east of Guwahati. Jorhat was established as the new capital in the closing years of the 18th century by the decaying and declining Tunkhungia Ahom Dynasty. Jorhat, as the name signifies, was just a couple (Jor) of markets (Hat). Two parallel markets namely, Chowkihat and Macharhat, lay on the eastern and the western banks of the river Bhogdoi. Jorhat was "The last Capital of the Ahom Kingdom", has archeological values associated to Rajamaidam— the last burial mounds of the Ahom kings. Nestled in the tea gardens dotted around sprawling in and around the city, boosts of the Tocklai Research Association (TRA) is the oldest and the largest tea research station of its kind in the world.