Epic as History

History helps people to know about their neighbours and thus helps them to find out affinities and differences, which not only satisfy the scholarly goals of knowledge production and education but also those of pragmatic understanding of values and attitudes for cultural exchange and survival of man as members of National and International Community. What is important about North East is that it is predominantly tribal in its population structure and cultural practices. The challenge before us is to historically determine the exact influence of Ram Katha Tradition on the culture of North East. It is a fact that the influences of the great epic have been carried to the North East through different routes. There are evidences that the Thai and the Mayanmarese (Burmese) versions of the Ramayana reached North East because of the migration of the Ahoms, who are believed to have migrated from Burma ( Myanmar ). Therefore the Ram Katha tradition in North East has diverse roots.