Ambika, Bar Raja
Ahom Consort
Ambika, Bar Raja (born Draupadi; died 1738) was the Chief Consort of Ahom King, Sutanphaa. She became Bar Raja, shortly after the death of her older sister, Phuleshwari. She is known for constructing the Sivasagar Sivadol and the Sivasagar Tank. She was a great patron of learning and education.
Life and marriages
Ambika was born with the name Draupadi.
Draupadi was married to Ramnath Solal Gohain of the Miri Handikoi family, by whom she had two sons.
Draupadi's elder sister, Phuleshwari, died in 1731. The King, Siva Singha, then forcibly married Draupadi and forced her to separate from her husband. Her two sons from her previous marriage then lived with their father and Draupadi took on the name Ambika. They had a son, Ugra Singha, the Tipam Raja.
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