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Things to do in Charaideo

The Ahom kings’ burial mounds.

Mound landscape, representative of the maidams
October to March.

The list

The short version: Mound tombs of the Ahom royals, listed by UNESCO, on the ridge where the dynasty began.

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The maidams

Brick-vaulted burial chambers under earthen mounds.

Know before you go

Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site (2023)
What
Ahom royal mound tombs
From Sivasagar
About 28km

A quiet, essential half-day from Sivasagar for anyone interested in the Ahoms.

Best time: October to March.

Practicals

Permits & season for Assam

No entry permit: Assam is open to all travellers, Indian and foreign.

Best months run October to April; the monsoon (June to September) is intensely green but slows the hill roads.

Charaideo month by month

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