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Kamakhya Temple
A rebuilt shrine whose earlier destruction is attributed differently in competing histories.
Guwahati · Assam
Rebuilt
As documented: 2026-09-28Approximate locality
26.1664°, 91.7055° · not a surveyed footprintHow to read this history
- Access date is not a field inspection. This selected chronology is not a complete list of all episodes.
- Underlying bibliography is available with access status; independent specialist review remains outstanding.
AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.
The recorded chronology
Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.
- Destruction · unknown causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
Before the 1565 AD rebuilding · exact date unresolved
A traditional attribution to Kalapahar conflicts with the reconstruction chronology; an alternative links damage to Husain Shah’s 1498 invasion.
eventDisputedA traditional attribution to Kalapahar conflicts with the reconstruction chronology; an alternative links damage to Husain Shah’s 1498 invasion.
Neither the popular attribution nor the alternative is silently selected as settled fact.
- Kamakhya Temple — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateUnknownBefore the 1565 rebuilding · exact date unresolved
Exact dating remains unresolved.
- Kamakhya Temple — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorUnknownA responsible individual or organization has not been established.
Cause and responsibility must not be inferred from a ruin alone.
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People behind the preservation
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- The Koch rebuilding of Kamakhya · 1565 AD
Nara Narayan ↗ — Royal patron
Chilarai / Sukladhwaja ↗ — Royal collaborator
Location & last documented condition
Approximate locality; not a surveyed historic footprint.
- Kamakhya Temple — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
The consulted account describes a later rebuilt shrine.
- Kamakhya Temple — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
Source context
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- Kamakhya Temple — Wikipedia article and bibliography ↗ · Wikipedia contributors
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