Jaintiapur

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Jaintiapur

Village in the North Sylhet subdivision of Sylhet District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in 25° 8' N. and 92° 8' E. It was formerly the capital of the Jaintia Raja, whose territory was annexed in 1835 i'^ consecjuence of his complicity in the murder of three British subjects offered up to the goddess Kali. There were for- merly some interesting remains, marking the transition from the primi- tive paganism of the hill tribes to the elaborate Hinduism imported from Bengal, the former symbolized by great monoliths of unhewn stone, the latter by Hindu temples with their carvings and images. These ruins were, however, thrown down by the earthtjuake of 1897, and Jaintiapur is no longer a place of much importance. A market largely attended by the hill tril)es is, however, held here once a week.