The Asam Sahitya Sabha is a non Government, non profit, literary organisation of Assam. It was founded in December 1917 in Assam, India to promote the culture of Assam and Assamese literature. A branch of the organisation named Singapore Sahitya Sabha was launched in Singapore on July 28, 2019.
Image: Illustrated Manuscript of Dakhinpat Sattra( Bhagawat) (cropped)
Image: Sankaradeva
Image: Hemchandra Goswami
Image: Laksminath Bezbaruah
Assamese or Asamiya is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language. It serves as a lingua franca of the wider region and has over 15 million native speakers according to Ethnologue.
Silver coin issued during the reign of Rudra Singha in Sanskrit with Assamese letters