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{{Infobox country
|native_name = Khen dynasty
|conventional_long_name = Khen Kingdom
|common_name = Khen dynasty
|country =
|era = [[Middle kingdoms of India|Classical India]]
|status =
|event_start =
|year_start = unknown
|date_start =
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|event_end =
|year_end = 1498
|date_end =
|p1 = Pala dynasty (Kamarupa)
|flag_p1 =
|p2 =
|flag_p2 =
|s1 = Koch dynasty
|flag_s1 =
|image_flag =
|flag_type =
|image_coat =
|image_map =
|image_map_caption =
|capital = Kamarupanagara<br>Kamatapura
|common_languages = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
|religion = [[Hinduism]]
|government_type = Monarchy
|leader1 = Niladhwaj
|year_leader1 = c. 1440 – c. 1460
|leader2 = [[Nilambar of Kamata|Nilambar]]
|year_leader2 = c. 1480– c. 1498
|title_leader = [[Maharaja]]
|legislature =
}}
{{Assam History}}
The '''Khen dynasty''' or Khang dynasty of [[Assam]] was a late medieval dynasty of erstwhile Kamata kingdom. After the fall of the Pala dynasty of Kamrupa, the western region was reorganized into [[Kamata kingdom]], when Sandhya moved his capital from Kamarupanagara to Kamatapur in about 1250.<ref>(Kamarupa) was reorganized as a new state, 'Kamata' by name with Kamatapur as capital. The exact time when the change was made is uncertain. But possibly it had been made by Sandhya (c1250-1270) as a safeguard against mounting dangers from the east and the west. Its control on the eastern regions beyond the Manah (Manas river) was lax.{{harv|Sarkar|1992|pp=40–41}}</ref> The Khen dynasty at a later period took control of the kingdom.

==Origin==
According to the ''Gosani Mangala'' (1823), the Khen rulers had a humble origin, implying that they were probably local non-Aryan chieftains that rose to power after the fall of the Palas. Ethnically, the Khen rulers were possibly of [[Kheng people|Kheng-Bhutanese]] stock from the mountains. They worshipped ''Kamatashwari'' (also called ''Chandi'' or ''Bhavani''), thus providing a break from the earlier dynasties that drew their lineage from [[Narakasura]], the son of [[Vishnu]]. Along with the change in the deity, the Khen rulers moved the capital from Kamarupanagara to Kamatapura further west on the banks of the [[Dharla River]].

==Fall==
The kingdom of Kamatapura finally fell to [[Alauddin Husain Shah]] in 1498. But Hussein Shah could not rule the kingdom— [[Bhuyan chieftains|Bhuyan chiefs]] of the region, with the help of the [[Ahom Kingdom|Ahom]] king, [[Suhungmung]], defeated the invaders in 1505. Soon control of the Kamata kingdom passed into the hands of the [[Koch dynasty]].{{fact|date=June 2021}}

==Rulers==
* [[Niladhwaj of Kamata|Niladhwaj]] (1440–1460)
* [[Chakradhwaj of Kamata|Chakradhwaj]] (1460–1480)
* [[Nilambar of Kamata|Nilambar]] (1480–1498)

==Notes==
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==References==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Citation |last=Acharyya |first=N. N. |title=The History of Medieval Assam (From the 13th to the 17th century) |place=Guwahati |year=1966}}
* {{Citation |last=Sarkar |first=J. N. |contribution=Chapter II The Turko-Afghan Invasions |editor-last=Barpujari |editor-first=H. K. |title=The Comprehensive History of Assam |volume=2 |pages=35–48 |publisher=Assam Publication Board |place=Guwahati |year=1992}}
{{refend}}

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