Contents

1 History
1.1 Formation of North Eastern states
1.2 World War II
1.3 Sino-Indian War (1962)
1.4 21st century unrest
2 Geography
2.1 Flora
2.2 Fauna
2.3 Forest reserves
2.3.1 Namdapha National Park
2.3.2 Manas National Park
2.3.3 Kaziranga National Park
2.3.4 Orang National Park
2.3.5 Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
2.3.6 Sepahijola Wildlife Sanctuary
2.3.7 Keibul Lamjao National Park
3 Demographics
3.1 Languages
3.2 Communities
4 Government
5 Economy
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
History
Further information: History of Assam, History of Manipur and History of Tripura
The earliest settlers were Austro-Asiatic speakers,[6] followed by Tibeto-Burmes
e[7] and then by Indo-Aryans.[8] Due to the bio- and crop diversity of the regio
n the focus of current archaeological research has been on domestication of seve
ral important plants by early settlers.[9] Writers have suspected an early trade
route via Northeast India in the references of Chinese explorer, Zhang Qian mad
e in 100 BC.[10] The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea mention a people called Ssata
i in the region,[11] who were the source of malabathron, so prized in the old wo
rld.[12]
Madan Kamdev
In the early historical period (most of first millennium), Kamarupa straddled mo
st of present-day Northeast India, besides Bhutan and Sylhet in Bangladesh. Xuan
zang, the traveling Chinese monk, visited Kamarupa in the 7th century, and descr
ibed the people as "short in stature and black-looking", whose speech differed a
little from mid-India and who were of simple but violent disposition; and that
the people in Kamarupa knew of Sichuan that lay to the kingdom's east beyond a t
reacherous mountain.[13]
Established during the British Raj, the northeastern states were isolated from t
heir traditional trading partners such as Bhutan and Myanmar.[14]