Arunachal Pradesh (ArP) ‘Land of the Dawn(-lit) Mountains’. From Skt: aruṇa , ‘redness’, ‘dawn’ [‘reddish glow in the morning sky’]; Skt: ac(h)ala, ‘mountain’; and Skt: pradēśḥ, ‘province’, ‘region’, ‘territory’. Surya is the Vedic sun god and Aruna is the name of...
‘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...
‘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...
