6-864: Gohain Kamal Ali was an embanked road that connected the capital of the Koch dynasty , Cooch Behar in North Bengal to heart of Agomani in Dhubri and Narayanpur in Lakhimpur district in Assam , and ran along the foot of the Bhutan hills and the Dafla (Nishi) hills . This was constructed under the supervision of Gohain Kamal, the step-brother of the king, Nara Narayan and was completed in 1547. This
12-405: Is a raised wall, bank or mound made of earth or stones, that are used to hold back water or carry a roadway. A road , railway line , or canal is normally raised onto an embankment made of compacted soil (typically clay or rock-based) to avoid a change in level required by the terrain , the alternatives being either to have an unacceptable change in level or detour to follow a contour. A cutting
18-410: Is used for the same purpose where the land is originally higher than required. Embankments are often constructed using material obtained from a cutting. Embankments need to be constructed using non-aerated and waterproofed, compacted (or entirely non-porous) material to provide adequate support to the formation and a long-term level surface with stability. An example material for road embankment building
24-817: The Duar Wars in 1865 when the British removed the Bhutanese influence from the Duars under the Treaty of Sinchula and the Eastern Duars , Kamrup Duars , Darrang Duars were merged with Goalpara , Kamrup , Darrang district of Assam and the Western Dooars to Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal and later to the Indian Union in 1949. Embankment (earthworks) An embankment
30-505: The early 17th-century, the Kingdom of Bhutan pushed south and took control of the fertile plains down to Gohain Kamal Ali road. Ahom King Gaurinath Singha (1780–1795) had fixed this road as the northern boundary of Darrang . The Kingdom of Bhutan controlled the Duars of Koch Hajo and Koch Behar north of Gohain Kamal Ali under the jurisdiction of Trongsa Penlop and Paro Penlop , till
36-705: Was the road that the Koch general Chilarai used soon after for his invasion of the Ahom kingdom , and attacked the Ahom fort at Pichala, which was not a success, but a later movement in 1562 was greatly successful. In 1562 Naranarayan encamped at Chandikabehar, Mangaldai , he demarcated the region north of the road as where the Koch and the Mech people were to follow their tribal customs, and region south where Brahminic rites were to be followed. From
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