Question
What was the historical name of the city of Guwahati?
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Pragjyotishpur
Guwahati, the largest city of Assam, was historically known as Pragjyotishpur — the 'City of Eastern Light/Astrology' — and served as the capital of the ancient kingdom of Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa mentioned in the Mahabharata and the Puranas, ruled by kings such as Naraka and Bhagadatta.
Machilipatnam is in Andhra Pradesh, Bhagyanagara is an older name for Hyderabad, and Purushapura is ancient Peshawar.
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