Snake Pillar
Swargadeo Suhummung
Snake Pillar
Tai Ahom Scripts on Snake Pillar
About the Snake Pillar

      The oldest surviving Ahom text is the 'Snake Pillar' now in the State Museum of Assam, Guwahati, inscribed for King Siuw Hum Miung (1497-1539).The Snake Pillar is originally discoved a few miles from Sadiya. The Snake Pillar has been preserved in the Assam State museum at Guwahati since 1953. The pillar entwined by the figure of a snake bears inscription in the Ahom language.
Engraved speech on the Snake Pillar