Painting of Bodo warrior Tengphakri who fought for Independence of Bodo areas from Bhutan and Britishers during the Anglo-Bhutanese War of 1864-65. Originally she was a tax collector for the Bhutanese during their rule of Duars (modern day Bodoland and North Bengal). Painting by Swapna Mushahary.2wk ⋅ SunOfSaitama ⋅ r/assam
Mapped by Sagir Ahmed. Largest non-indo aryan/indo european languages of Assam.1mo ⋅ SunOfSaitama ⋅ r/assam
It is rare for Non-Bodos to study in Bodo Medium schools but as seen here an Assamese girl Namita Das from Tamulpur studied and cleared matriculation this year with 61.33%. In the past there have been Adivasis, Rabhas, Garos and Nepalis who successfully studied in Bodo medium schools.5d ⋅ SunOfSaitama ⋅ r/assam
Demo fonts for Bodo MAHIRI BIDAB script as prepared by Biswajit Mandal. The script had been originally created for covert/secret use by certain priests of certain Bathou sect who used the script to record religious writings2mo ⋅ SunOfSaitama ⋅ r/assam