by what name is holi known in west bengal and orissa
Holi Holi (Hindi: होली, Marathi: होळी, Nepali: होली, Punjabi: ਹੋਲੀ, Kannada: ಹೋಳಿ, Telugu: హోళి) is also known as Phakuwa or Phagwah (Assamese: ফাকুৱা), Festival of Colours, or Dola jātra in Odisha, and as Dol Jatra (Assamese: দ’ল যাত্ৰা) or Basanto utsav ("spring festival") in West Bengal and Assam. The customs and celebrations vary between regions of India.
Kamarupa Kamarupa and the northeast Indian region find no mention in the Ashokan records (3rd century BCE).[11] The first dated mention comes from the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (1st century) where it describes a people called SÃªsatai,[12] and the second mention comes from Ptolemy's Geographia (2nd century) calls the region Kirrhadia after the Kirata population.[13] Arthashastra (early centuries of the Christian era[14]) mentions "Lauhitya",[15] which is identified with Brahmaptra valley by a later commentator.[16]