Abstract
According to the United Nations, a migrant is any person or community who moves from a place, they are otherwise accustomed to dwell in. Keeping this definition in mind, it can be said that there was/were no sons of the soil; rather all soil was barren at a certain period of time, which flourished with the relocation and resettlement of humans. Coming to the community of Kaibartas and boatmen, it is evident from various archaeological sources like Tezpur Rock Inscription, Guwahati Copper Plate, Pushpabhadra grant that they existed in ancient Kamrupa. However, through this paper, an attempt has been made to refer to a section of Kaibartas who settled in Majuli a few centuries back. Data has been collected through field survey, however, since it traces the history, secondary historical sources have also been used for the purpose. Findings suggest that the pattern of migration of the referred section of Kaibartas was unintentional.
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