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A maidam is a tumulus of the royalty and aristocracy of the medieval Ahom Kingdom (1228–1826) in Assam. The royal maidams are found exclusively at Charaideo; whereas other maidams are found scattered in the region between Jorhat and Dibrugarh towns. Structurally, a maidam consists of vaults with one or more chambers. The vaults have a domical superstructure that is covered by a hemispherical earthen mound that rises high above the ground with an open pavilion at the peak called chow chali. An octagonal dwarf wall encloses the entire maidam.

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  • A maidam is a tumulus of the royalty and aristocracy of the medieval Ahom Kingdom (1228–1826) in Assam. The royal maidams are found exclusively at Charaideo; whereas other maidams are found scattered in the region between Jorhat and Dibrugarh towns. Structurally, a maidam consists of vaults with one or more chambers. The vaults have a domical superstructure that is covered by a hemispherical earthen mound that rises high above the ground with an open pavilion at the peak called chow chali. An octagonal dwarf wall encloses the entire maidam. Burial is the predominant funeral rite of the Tai people, to which the Ahom people originally belonged. This is opposed to the Hindu system of cremation. After the Ahom kings adopted Hinduism, they chose to bury the ashes after cremation. The structural construction and the process of royal burials are explained in historical documents called Chang-Rung Phukanor Buranji, which detail even the articles that were buried. Later excavations under the Archaeological Survey of India found some of the maidams previously defiled, with the articles mentioned in the Buranji missing. Many of the maidams were excavated and looted, most famously under the Mughal general Mir Jumla who had occupied Garhgaon briefly in the 17th century, and under the British after 1826. The Ahom community in Assam consider the excavation as an affront to their tradition, because the maidams are associated with the Ahom ancestor worship and the festival of Me-Dam-Me-Phi. (en)
  • 馬伊達姆,是印度阿薩姆邦中世紀阿豪姆王國王室和貴族的陵墓。王族的馬伊達姆只發現於前首都查萊碉,但其他的則發現於乔尔哈特和迪布魯加爾。 在結構上,馬伊達姆由具有一個或多個內室的拱頂組成。這些拱頂有一個巨大的上層建築,被一個半圓形的土墩覆蓋,該土墩高出地面,在峰頂的一個開放式亭子,被一幅八角型矮牆包圍。 阿豪姆皇家墓葬的結構和葬禮過程在阿豪姆人傳統文獻菩愣记有所解釋,它甚至詳細描述了被埋葬的物品。在印度考古調查之後的發掘中發現了一些先前被污染的馬伊達姆,但菩愣记中提到的情況不見了。許多馬伊達姆被盜掘,最著名的莫過於在17世紀曾佔領加爾岡的莫臥兒將軍米爾·朱姆拉。1826年以後在英國統治下。 阿薩姆邦的阿豪姆人社群認為這次發掘是對他們傳統的侮辱,因為這些馬伊達姆與阿豪姆人的祖先崇拜和Me-Dam-Me-Phi節有關(祭祀先人)。 (zh)
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  • 馬伊達姆,是印度阿薩姆邦中世紀阿豪姆王國王室和貴族的陵墓。王族的馬伊達姆只發現於前首都查萊碉,但其他的則發現於乔尔哈特和迪布魯加爾。 在結構上,馬伊達姆由具有一個或多個內室的拱頂組成。這些拱頂有一個巨大的上層建築,被一個半圓形的土墩覆蓋,該土墩高出地面,在峰頂的一個開放式亭子,被一幅八角型矮牆包圍。 阿豪姆皇家墓葬的結構和葬禮過程在阿豪姆人傳統文獻菩愣记有所解釋,它甚至詳細描述了被埋葬的物品。在印度考古調查之後的發掘中發現了一些先前被污染的馬伊達姆,但菩愣记中提到的情況不見了。許多馬伊達姆被盜掘,最著名的莫過於在17世紀曾佔領加爾岡的莫臥兒將軍米爾·朱姆拉。1826年以後在英國統治下。 阿薩姆邦的阿豪姆人社群認為這次發掘是對他們傳統的侮辱,因為這些馬伊達姆與阿豪姆人的祖先崇拜和Me-Dam-Me-Phi節有關(祭祀先人)。 (zh)
  • A maidam is a tumulus of the royalty and aristocracy of the medieval Ahom Kingdom (1228–1826) in Assam. The royal maidams are found exclusively at Charaideo; whereas other maidams are found scattered in the region between Jorhat and Dibrugarh towns. Structurally, a maidam consists of vaults with one or more chambers. The vaults have a domical superstructure that is covered by a hemispherical earthen mound that rises high above the ground with an open pavilion at the peak called chow chali. An octagonal dwarf wall encloses the entire maidam. (en)
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