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Item Golden Thread Glorifying Assam(International Seminar on Assamese Culture & Heritage, 2018) Goswami, G.The silk industry in India is quite famous from time immemorial with respect to analyzing the human culture, civilization, customs and traditions. Among all the different types of silk, the natural golden colour silk known as “Muga” is one of the most recognized and beautiful which Assam has been traditionally producing from ancient times. There are references of Assam silk in the records written by Hiuen Tsang, where he has written about the use and trade of Silk, in Kamrupa during the rule of King Bhaskar Varman. Production of golden Muga silk is unique and at present 20,000 hectares of land is used for it. Muga production received great importance from the Ahom Dynasty under whose reign Muga culture became popular and also an integral part of the socio-economic life of Assamese people. Royal and senior class people were able to afford and wore clothing made of that silk. Muga was a royal statement back then and was kept to show off the status of the family or person who owned them. Queens personally were involved in training people to weave silks including Muga. One of the main materials to be exported during Ahom Dynasty rule was Muga silk. The objective of this study is to show that Muga is one of the best known silks in the world in terms of durability and beauty and how it holds a very important place in the hearts of Assamese folk. It is the pride of the Indian State of Assam.Item Acoustic similarities between Sinhala language and Assamese(Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Goswami, G.The study of specific languages which are linked to certain areas of research has become increasingly common and essential to the understanding of the language as a whole. This paper aims to study, analyze and compare two languages – Sinhala and Assamese and find out the similarities in them. The researcher came in close contact with the aboriginal Sri Lankan people who speak Sinhala language and found surprising similarities between Assamese and Sinhalese language. Seeing this similarity, the researcher got in touch with more people, went through research journals and related books and found that the roots of both the languages are same as they trace their history to the Indo Aryan language which itself is a fallout of the Indo European family. About fifty percent of the world’s population speaks a language belonging to the Indo European family. Languages of this family are spoken on all continents, but are predominantly seen in Europe, Russia, Australia and parts of South Eastern Asia and India.