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==Cultural environment==
In Nidhanpur copper plate inscription of Bhaskar Varman, it is mentioned that "prakasit aryadharmaloka" i.e. king (Bhaskar Varman) spread the light of the Arya religion by dispelling the accumulated darkness of Kaliyuga.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Evolution of Drama and Music in Ancient and Medieval Kamrup and Emergence of Assamese Drama Ankiya Nat in Journal of the Assam Research Society - Volume 38|last=Sharma|first=Kanak Chandra|publisher=Kāmarūpa Anusandhān Samiti|year=2007|isbn=|location=Guwahati|pages=183}}</ref> Yuan Chwang wrote that people were simple and honest with small stature and dark yellow complexion who speak language little different from Mid-India. Their nature was very impetuous and wild with retentive memories. People were sincere in study who adore and sacrifice to the Devas, and they didn't worship Buddha and no monument related to Buddha was built. Some Buddha disciples say their prayers (repeat the name of Buddha) secretly.There was hundreds of Deva Temple , and different sectaries to the number of several myriads. Bhaskar Varman belongs to the old line of Narayaņa-deva. He is of the Brahman caste. His name is Bhaskaravarman, his title Kumara . From the time that this family seized the land and assumed the government till the present king, there have elapsed a thousand (generations). Intellectual of distant places visited his country . Bhaskar Varman wasn't believer of Buddha but respected Sramaņas of learning.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Si-yu-ki, Buddhist records of the Western world|last=Hsüan-tsang|first=ca 596-664|last2=Beal|first2=Samuel|date=|publisher=London : Trübner|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|year=|isbn=|location=London|pages=195 , 196|quote=The land lies low, but is rich, and is regularly cultivated. They cultivate the Panasa fruit and the Na-lo-ki-lo (Narikela) 15 fruit. These trees, though numerous, are nevertheless much valued and esteemed. Water led from the river or from banked-up lakes (reservoirs) flows round the towns. The climate is soft and temperate. The manners of the people simple and honest. The men are of small stature, and their complexion a dark yellow. Their language differs a little from that of Mid-India. Their nature is very impetuous and wild; their memories are retentive, and they are earnest in study. They adore and sacrifice to the Dêvas, and have no faith in Buddha; hence from the time when Buddha appeared in the world even down to the present time there never as yet has been built one sanghårdma as a place for the priests to assemble. Such disciples as there are are of a pure faith, say their prayers (repeat the name of Buddha) secretly, and that is all. There are as many as 100 Dêva temples, and different sectaries to the number of several myriads. The present king belongs to the old line (tso yan) of Narayaņa-deva. He is of the Brahman caste. His name is Bhaskaravarman, his title Kumara (Keu-mo-lo). From the time that this family seized the land and assumed the government till the present king, there have elapsed a thousand successions (generations). The king is fond of learning, and the people are so likewise in imitation of him. Men of high talent from distant regions aspiring after office visit his dominions as strangers. Though he has no faith in Buddha, yet he much respects Sramaņas of learning.}}</ref>▼
▲Yuan Chwang wrote that people were simple and honest with small stature and dark yellow complexion who speak language little different from Mid-India. Their nature was very impetuous and wild with retentive memories. People were sincere in study who adore and sacrifice to the Devas, and they didn't worship Buddha and no monument related to Buddha was built. Some Buddha disciples say their prayers (repeat the name of Buddha) secretly.There was hundreds of Deva Temple , and different sectaries to the number of several myriads. Bhaskar Varman belongs to the old line of Narayaņa-deva. He is of the Brahman caste. His name is Bhaskaravarman, his title Kumara . From the time that this family seized the land and assumed the government till the present king, there have elapsed a thousand (generations). Intellectual of distant places visited his country . Bhaskar Varman wasn't believer of Buddha but respected Sramaņas of learning.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Si-yu-ki, Buddhist records of the Western world|last=Hsüan-tsang|first=ca 596-664|last2=Beal|first2=Samuel|date=|publisher=London : Trübner|others=Robarts - University of Toronto|year=|isbn=|location=London|pages=195 , 196|quote=The land lies low, but is rich, and is regularly cultivated. They cultivate the Panasa fruit and the Na-lo-ki-lo (Narikela) 15 fruit. These trees, though numerous, are nevertheless much valued and esteemed. Water led from the river or from banked-up lakes (reservoirs) flows round the towns. The climate is soft and temperate. The manners of the people simple and honest. The men are of small stature, and their complexion a dark yellow. Their language differs a little from that of Mid-India. Their nature is very impetuous and wild; their memories are retentive, and they are earnest in study. They adore and sacrifice to the Dêvas, and have no faith in Buddha; hence from the time when Buddha appeared in the world even down to the present time there never as yet has been built one sanghårdma as a place for the priests to assemble. Such disciples as there are are of a pure faith, say their prayers (repeat the name of Buddha) secretly, and that is all. There are as many as 100 Dêva temples, and different sectaries to the number of several myriads. The present king belongs to the old line (tso yan) of Narayaņa-deva. He is of the Brahman caste. His name is Bhaskaravarman, his title Kumara (Keu-mo-lo). From the time that this family seized the land and assumed the government till the present king, there have elapsed a thousand successions (generations). The king is fond of learning, and the people are so likewise in imitation of him. Men of high talent from distant regions aspiring after office visit his dominions as strangers. Though he has no faith in Buddha, yet he much respects Sramaņas of learning.}}</ref>
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