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Assam, located in the eastern region of India witnessed a long history migration. A state most commonly known for the migration politics caused from Bangladesh had witnessed a continuous phrases of migration from China and Myanmar also. A major section of the ethnic groups living in Assam comes under the fold of Tibeto-Burman linguistic family. A continuous migration process was going in Assam from the Myanmar region which severely influenced the political courses of Assam since 12th century. The Chutias, one of the ancient tribes in Assam also said to have their origin in either southern part of China or near the Sino-Myanmar border. The Ahoms, who made an unparallel record in the history of medieval India by successfully ruled for 600 years continuously was coming from South East Asia region. Again in the 18th century the Khamtis and the Singphos got settlement in the eastern frontier of upper Assam and gradually increased their political dominance. In this paper an attempt has been made to trace the transborder migration to Assam specially from Myanmar in the medieval times.