Kataguran
Kataguran | |
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Province | |
| କୌପଅନ୍ଗ୍ କତଗୁରନ୍ / कातागुरान प्रांत Kaupaang Kataguran / Khādāmā ka Prānta (Province of Kataguran) | |
| Map of the provinces of Min, with Kataguran in the bottom left. Map of the provinces of Min, with Kataguran in the bottom left. | |
| Country |  Min |
| Founded | 193X |
| Capital | Makawayan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Province |
| • Governor | Vajra Syangjali (LSR/Const.) |
| • Convenor of the Assembly | Aciseq Si Ruvahhati LSR/Const.) |
| Area | |
| • Total | ??? km2 (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding sq mi) |
| • Rank | ??? |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | ??? |
| • Rank | ??? |
| • Rank | ??? |
| Demonym(s) | Kataguranese Khadami |
| Divisions | |
| • Component cities | |
| • Watch Jurisdictions | 8 |
| • Boroughs/Towns | 92 |
| • Districts | 2 (1 for Makawayan) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic groups |
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| • Languages | |
| Website | http://kataguran.mn.gov/ (English) |
Kataguran, officially the Province of Kataguran (Pala: କୌପଅନ୍ଗ୍ କତଗୁରନ୍; Kaupaang Kataguran, Khadamic: कातागुरान प्रांत; Khādāmā ka Prānta) one of the 17 democratic provinces of Min. The province has two component cities, with the largest one being Makawayan. The province is landlocked, bordering Narmada to the south and the Min provinces of Kebabatian to the east and Palawangbakian to the north. Kataguran is one of the smallest provinces of Min by land area and population, with a total land of ???km2 and a population of 1,247,342 people as of 2016.
The province is one of the most undeveloped and poorest provinces in Min, with the economy nearly entirely dominated by agriculture. Kataguran has the third highest infant mortality rate, the third lowest life expectancy, and the highest lowest rate of illiteracy among the federative units of Min and is one of the most dangerous states of the country in terms of crime.
The population of the provine is exremely diverse, with the majority of the province's inhabitants coming from the Khadamic minority ethnic group and make up 74.9% of the provincial population. Kataguran is one of the few states where the Pala are a minority ethnicity with only around a quarter of the inhabitans being of the Pala group. A small fraction of the population are also part of the Xiaodongese diaspora.
The native Khadamic peoples are believed to have migrated east from the polities in now modern Narmada and settled in the hill-lands of Khadam, or modern Kataguran. These settlers eventually evolved into their own petty kingdoms which warred between eachtoher although was later subjugated by the Min Empire under the rule of Sibari. After the fall of the Kingdom of Myin and the decline of the Priesthood, territory of the Min Empire shrunk during the Avakang period to mostly the northern states of modern Min, allowing the independence of the southern kingdoms.
The hilly and isolated kingdom of Khadam prospered and warred with the surrounding kingdoms until the 12th century, before once again being subjugated by the now reestablished Min Empire. Since then, the province has been part of Min from the Solar government period in which the ratukapas powers were severely limited until the end of the Volatile Century when nearly-full democratic governance and power was awarded to the governor of the province. In more recent times, the League for Southern Reform, an umbrella of Kataguran regionalist politcal movements, has gained momentum seeking to change Kataguran's status as one of the poorest provinces of Min.
Etymology
The origin of the traditional name of the province in the Khadamic language, Khadam (कातागुरान; Khādām) is unknown. The contemporary name Kataguran (କତଗୁରନ୍), however, stems from a Kavi term during the old Min Empire to refer to the province when it was first subjugated, meaning "hidden land". This was most likely because in contrast to most other independent southern Kingdoms, the location of the Khadamic kingdoms were mostly isolated in the hills and mountains of the province and little trade occured with the larger polities in the north, leading to it being known as a "hidden land".
The demonym for a resident of Kataguran is simply Kataguran, although Khadami is popular amongst regionalist, autonomist and Khadamic cultural groups and stems from the Khadamic name for Kataguran. It is also used in historical contexts, such as when referring to the ancient dynasties of Khadam.
History
Ancient
Kataguran was first inhabited by Austronesian peoples from Sentira and Malang in XXXX BCE, correlating with the discovery of stone tools from the village of Palwyan in the Ngúi hills. These Austronesians were the first few recorded human inhabitants of the region, before the arrival of Khadamic peoples in the XXth century. These peoples migrated east from what is now the modern Narmada possibly due to conflicts between the first polities, resulting in an exodus of peoples to the Kataguran region. Ancient wars between the first Austronesians and the arriving Khadami are believed to have caused most of the Austronesians to flee from the region to the surrounding areas, replaced instead by the neighbouring Khadami.
During the Rice kingdoms period which encompassed most if not all of modern Min, most of these Khadamic settlements developed into synoecistic rice-kingdoms and from here arise the first written accounts of Khadami history and culture. One important example is the Great Rock of Makawayan- a fragment of a large sandstone slab which originally stood in the town of Makawayan believed to date back to at least the 8th century. Written in the Old Khadami script, the inscriptions on the stone describe aspects of Khadamic society at the time.
The largest and most powerful Khadamic polity at the time was the Kingdom of Dang, centered around the town of Dang (modern day Makawayan). From the inscriptions on the Great Rock, we know that the Kingdom was a mostly patriarchal, in stark contrast to other Min polities. This is believed to be due to the isolation of the polity cutting it off from most influence from other Min polities and societies. The Kingdom of Dang was mostly based on the rice paddies the polity was based around. Influence from the kingdom was projected throughout the Ngúi hills, and was able to remain relatively stable for several decades.
Under Sibari
The Min Empire, under Sibari, was quick to expand southwards after the rise of her Empire following the fall of the Myin. A succession of short wars fought between the Min and Khadami ended in a Min victory, with the Kingdom of Dang being entirely crushed. The royal family committed ritual suicide and their followers during the siege of his palace, and their line of succession was nearly entirely wiped out. The forces of Dang were completely crushed and subjugated under the Min Empire, with the residents of the province converting en-masse to Khaturvism with the arrival of the religion along with the Min.
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- The province renamed Kataguran, its populace nearly fully subjugated to the Lion Throne.
- First temples built in the province, early Khadamic pantheons nearly entirely wiped out with most of its believers converting or had commited suicide along with their god-king.
- famine?
Restoration of independence
- kingdom again
- fighting
Post-Volatile Century
- secession movements?
- any attempts at secession quashed by min and pro-min milita movements
- complete integration with Min, ratukapas / governors gain more power under min democracy
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