Mahamanikya

Mahamanikya (also Mahamanikpha) was a 14th-century king of the Kachari Kingdom who claimed the Barāha (Varaha) lineage. During his reign, he settled Brahmins and promoted Brahmanical culture in the present-day Hojai district. Under his patronage Madhava Kandali translated the Sanskrit epic Ramayana to Assamese verse called Saptakanda Ramayana.

Some historians suggest that he was also involved, along with the Kamata king, in resisting Sikandar Shah's invasion into the Kapili valley (Davaka region) around 1362 AD. This view is supported by the Gachtal stone inscription, which records that Yavana or Bangal forces had entered the Davaka region and that nearly three thousand enemy troops were trapped and driven downstream through coordinated use of riverine warfare and seasonal floods

This is the Lanka Stone inscription dated to 1352 AD about a land grant being made by the king Mahamanikya. The lower part of the stone depicts the Gajasingha motiff with a lion on top of an elephant.