Asura kingdom, or Sonitpura kingdom, is a mythological kingdom that is mentioned in a multiple of Hindu epics which later came to be associated with modern-day Tezpur in central Assam and Banasura Hill in Kerala. The kingdom was contemporary of Pragjyotisha. In Puranic literature, Pragjyotisha and Sonitpura were located to the north-west of the Indian subcontinent in what is modern-day Punjab and Sindh. In Assam, the name of the legendary kingdom might be applied to the local inhabitants who were outside of the Hindu fold.:"These accounts show the Puranic perception of the Saiva cult in early medieval Kamarupa, which consisted largely of popular cults of local inhabitants or people out of the Brahmanical ambit." In Kalika purana, Banasura, the last ruler of the asura kingdom is represented as an anti-Brahminical character.: "(H)e was imagined or represented as an anti-Brahminical character in the Kalika Purana.."
Dynasty Name 1 Marichi 2 Kashyap 3 Hiranyakashipu 4 Prahlad 5 Virochana 6 Mahabali 7 Bana
See also Pragjyotisha Kingdom Mahabharata
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