Burhagohain was the first of the two original counsellors in the Ahom kingdom

Ahom kingdom

The Ahom Kingdom was a medieval kingdom in the Brahmaputra valley in Assam that maintained its sovereignty for nearly 600 years and successfully resisted Mughal expansion in North-East India...

. He was selected by the Ahom king

Ahom Dynasty

The Ahom Dynasty ruled the Ahom Kingdom in present-day Assam for nearly 600 years. The dynasty was established by Sukaphaa, a Shan prince of Mong Mao who came to Assam after crossing the Patkai mountains...

 from members of the Ahom nobility (Satgharia Ahom), who was not eligible for the position of Ahom kingship. The other original counsellor is the Borgohain

Borgohain

Borgohain was the second of the two original counsellors in the Ahom kingdom. He was selected by the Ahom king from members of the Ahom nobility , who was not eligible for the position of Ahom kingship. The other original counsellor is the Burhagohain. Both the positions existed from the time of...

. Both the positions existed from the time of the first Ahom king, Sukaphaa

Sukaphaa

Chaolung Sukaphaa , also Siu-Ka-Pha, the first Ahom king in medieval Assam, was the founder of the Ahom kingdom. A Tai prince originally from Mong Mao, the kingdom he established in 1228 existed for nearly six hundred years and in the process unified the various tribal and non-tribal peoples of...

. The Burhagohain administered the region north of the Dikhow river up to Sadia.

List of Burhagohains

• Thao Mong Klin Man Rai
• ...
• Thao Phrang Dam
• Khen-Pong
• Phun-Long-Kham-Peng
• Thao-Mong-Chang-Rai
• Thao-Mong-Nang-Dhu-Pu-Ra
• Lajan Chao-Phrang-Dam
• Lapet Chao-Phran-Dam
• ...
• Aikhek Burhagohain
• Chaopet Burhagohain
• Thakbak Burhagohain
• Sukulahuda Burhagohain
• Sariah Burhagohain
• Hatipoali Burhagohain
• Lasham Burhagohain
• Atan Burhagohain
  Atan Burhagohain
  Atan Burhagohain was one of the most influential Burhagohains in the nearly 600 years of the Ahom kingdom. Atan Burhagohain Rajmantri Dangaria was the Prime Minister of Assam for more than seventeen years, January 1662 to March 1679...
  
  
• Dilihiyal Langi Burhagohain
• Kunwoiganya Mau Burhagohain
• Lankakia Khampeng Burhagohain
• Kunwoiganya Laisheng Burhagohain
• Dilihiliyal Aphau Khampet Burhagohain
• Bailung Bayan Burhagohain
• Domai Burhagohain
• Sengmun Burhagohain
• Bailungia Sonai Burhagohain
• Langmai Kalia Burhagohain
• Kunwoigayan Bhagi Burhagohain
• ...
• Ghanashyam Burhagohain (Kunaigayan family)
• Purnanada Burhagohain
• Ruchinath Burhagohain
• ...