Maibang

Maibang is a town and a town area committee in Dima Hasao district in the Indian state of Assam. Maibang is also one of the three sub-divisions of Dima Hasao District. It was once the capital of the Dimasa Kachari Kingdom. Etymologically, the name comes from two Dimasa words 'Mai' and 'Bang', meaning "plenty of rice" . Situated of stone house of Dimasa king.GeographyMaibang town is situated in a hilly area at the bank of Mahur River. Its coordinates are. It has an average elevation of 355 metres (1164 feet).The town area is about 10 square kilometres.HistoryMaibang was the capital of the erstwhile Dimasa kingdom, from the 16th to 18th century. The ruins of the kingdom can still be found on the eastern bank of Mahur, south of Maibang and other parts of Dima Hasao district. Among them the most popular is "Stone House" (In Dimasa it is called "Longthai ni Noh") situated on the bank of Mahur River on south Maibang.LanguagesDimasa is the dialect of the majority Dimasa tribe of the district. The dialect is yet to be recognized as a language. "Hill Hindi" or "Haflong Hindi" is used as the lingua franca. Most people speak Bengali. The languages of instruction in the schools and colleges are Assamese, Bengali and English up to HSLC level in the schools of the town.