Charaideo

Charaideo or Che-Rai-Doi (Literally: "the shining city on the hills" in Ahom language) is a town in Charaideo district, Assam, India and was also the first capital of the Ahom kingdom established by the first Ahom king Chao Lung Siu-Ka-Pha in 1253. Even though the capital moved to other places over the course of the 600 years of rule, Charaideo remained the symbol of Ahom power. It is now known for its collection of "maidams", tumuli or burial mounds of the Ahom kings and Ahom royalty.
It is about 30 km from Sibsagar town located in Charaideo district
Etymology.
Charaideo (also Ahom: "Che-Rai-Doi"; "Charai-khorong"), the permanent settlement of the first Ahom king Chaolung Sukaphaa, was earlier called "Che-Tam-Doi-Phi" (literally "City-Hill-God") meaning "city of the sacred hill".The name Charaideo originated from Tai-Ahom word Che Rai Doi or Doi Che Rai which means "the shining city on the hills"The Che-Rai-Doi Assamised into Charaideo or Charai-khorong. According to Tai-Bailung-Mohong Buranji (a manuscript in Tai), Sukaphaa was buried in his capital city Che-Rai-Doi.<ref>