Pragjyotishpura
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Pragjyotishpura (IPA: [prāgˈʤjəʊtɪʃˌpʊərə]) or Pragjyotisapura, now deemed to be a region within modern Guwahati, was an ancient city and capital of the Varman dynasty (350 - 650 A.D).[1] Though the earliest mention of Pragjyotisha in local sources come from the 7th century,[2] the form was changed to Pragjyotishpura in the 9th century which describes it as the city of Naraka within Kamarupa.[3] In Puranic text like the Ramayana, Pragjyotishpura is described as the fortress of Narakasura on mount Varaha located in the north-west of the Indian subcontinent in what is modern-day Punjab and Sindh.[4]