Suklenmung

Suklenmung
Chaopha Swargadeo of Ahom Kingdom
Ahom King
Reign1539 CE to 1552 CE
PredecessorSuhungmung
SuccessorSukhaamphaa
BornAhom Kingdom
Died1552
Ahom Kingdom
IssueSukhaamphaa
Names
Garhgayaan Roja Suklenmung
DynastyAhom dynasty
FatherSuhungmung
ReligionAhom religion

Suklenmung(1539–1552) was a king of the Ahom kingdom in medieval Assam. Since he established his capital at Garhgaon (which would remain the capital of the Ahom kingdom till the establishment of the Tungkhungia kings), he is also called the Garhgaiya roja in the Buranjis. It was during his reign that Madhabdev and Sankardeva's son-in-law Hari were captured and Hari executed,[1] which precipitated the departure of Sankardeva from the Ahom kingdom.

It is frequently said that the first coins were struck during the reign of Garhgayan Raja, but is merely due to misreading of the Ahom legend on the coins of Chakradhwaj Singha (1663-1669). The first coins of the Ahom kingdom were struck during the Jayadhwaj Singha reign (1648-1663)[2]

  1. ^ That this incident must have happened during Suklenmung has been worked out by Maheswar Neog (Neog 1980, p. 62). Some historical chronicles record that this happened during Suhungmung's reign.
  2. ^ Standard Catalog of World coins: 1601-1700