‘City of King Bhaluka’ Town, Arunachal Pradesh Bhaluka, according to local folklore, was the grandson of Bana, a legendary king whose capital was at neighbouring Tezpur (Assam). Archaeological ruins of King Bhaluka’s kingdom are supposedly preserved here and there...
(Hin) : ईटानगर iṭānagara ‘Brick City’ -City/Capital, Arunachal Pradesh From Asm: ita, ‘brick’; and Asm: nagar, ‘city’, ‘town’. It is actually the fort here, and not the city, that was built of bricks – the city inherited the name and was more famous for its...
‘Pasi Pass’ Town, Arunachal Pradesh From Pasi, the name of a sub-tribe of the Adi, the predominant tribe in Arunachal Pradesh; and Asm: ghāṭa ‘landing-stage on the bank of a river’. Pasighat is where the Brahmaputra River descends from the Himalayan foothills into...
The ‘Seven Sisters’ are a family of seven states on the North Eastern Region (NER) of India: Arunachal Pradesh (ArP), Assam (Asm), Manipur (Man), Meghalaya (Meg), Mizoram (Miz), Nagaland (Nag), Tripura (Tri). Sikkim is usually included as a brother state....
‘Horse Pasture’ Town/District, Arunachal Pradesh (ArP) From Mon: ta, ‘horse’; and wang, ‘pasture’. Tawang is situated 3,000m above sea level. Historically it was part of Tibet: it was the birthplace of Tsangyang Gyatso, the sixth Dalai Lama (1683-1706), and boasts...
