Kareng Ghar
26°56′12″N 94°44′43″E / 26.9366000°N 94.7452083°E / 26.9366000; 94.7452083 Kareng (Pron:/ˌkɑ:ɹɛŋ ˈgɑ:/, royal palace), also known as The Garhgaon Palace, is located in Garhgaon 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Sivasagar, Assam, India.
This article has an unclear citation style. (May 2013) |
The palace structures were made of wood and stone. In 1751 Sunenphaa, son of Sukhrungphaa, constructed the brick wall of about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in length surrounding the Garhgaon Palace and the masonry gate leading to it.
| Kareng | |
|---|---|
 View of Kareng situated at Garhgaon | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Indian architecture Ahom Kingdom Architecture |
| Location | Sivasagar Assam India |
| Coordinates | 26°56′12″N 94°44′43″E / 26.9366000°N 94.7452083°E |
| Construction started | 1758 |
| Client | Suremphaa or Rajeswar Singha |
| Owner |
|
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Bricks and indigenous type of cement |
After the destruction of the old palace it was rebuilt around 1752 as the present seven-storied structure by Suremphaa (1751–1769).
The earliest constructions were commissioned by Sukhrungphaa in 1698 AD. Rangpur was the capital of the Ahom Kingdom and served as its military station.
-
-
-
-
Surviving design at karengghar
See also
References
External links
- Kareng Ghar, Gargaon at assamportal.com.
- Kareng Ghar at indiamapped.com.
- Kareng Ghar at meghalayatimes.org
- Kareng Ghar & Talatal Ghar at mapsofindia.com
This article uses material from the Wikipedia English article Kareng Ghar, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.