{"id":171836,"date":"2025-05-09T15:24:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=171836"},"modified":"2025-05-09T15:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T09:54:58","slug":"namdang-stone-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/namdang-stone-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Namdang Stone Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Namdang Stone Bridge, located near Sibsagar in Assam, is an incredible piece of history. This stunning bridge was carved from a single solid rock and constructed back in 1703 by skilled craftsmen from Bengal during the reign of Ahom king Rudra Singha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Detailed Overview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0The bridge spans the Namdang River, a tributary of the Dikhou River, and is located near Sibsagar in Assam.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Construction:<\/strong>\u00a0It was built in 1703 by craftsmen brought from Bengal during the reign of Ahom king Rudra Singha.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong>\u00a0The bridge is 60 meters long, 6.5 meters wide, and 1.7 meters high.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong>\u00a0It is a testament to the engineering prowess of the Ahom era and a historical landmark.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Modern Use:<\/strong>\u00a0It runs over the Namdang (Tai-Ahom : Nam= Water; Dang=Red) river, a tributary of the Dikhou river. The present\u00a0<strong>National Highway 37<\/strong>\u00a0is passing over it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong>\u00a0The bridge is a little curved in shape and has six culverts.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Materials:<\/strong>\u00a0During the time of the Ahom kings cement was not in use for construction.\u00a0A paste of rice, eggs, black lentils and lime was used to make the bridge.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sculptures:<\/strong>\u00a0Sculpture has been cut on the pillars of the bridge.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Namdang Stone Bridge, located near Sibsagar in Assam, is an incredible piece of history. This stunning bridge was carved from a single solid rock and constructed back in 1703 by skilled craftsmen from Bengal during the reign of Ahom king Rudra Singha. Detailed Overview:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":171837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5369],"tags":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-171836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-awareness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171838,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171836\/revisions\/171838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171836"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=171836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}