Original Name:
Bakata
Chinese Name:
八家塔
Notes:
The MSL refers to Ba-jia-ta as a polity subordinate to Da Gu-la. Given the likelihood that Da Gu-la indicates the Ahom (or other Assam) polity, there seems little doubt that Ba-jia-ta is the Chinese name for Bakata, which became the Ahom capital, located in today's Assam. For information on further Chinese sources relating to this polity, see Chen, Xie and Lu (1986; 117) and Gong Yin (1985; 237-38 and 1992; 657).