ABSTRACT
Colonialism affected different regions of the world differently. Such intervention led to massive changes in the landscape and societies. Ecology may be regarded as the study of the relations between organisms and their environments or of the organism-environment nexus. To what extent an ecological analysis is possible in dealing with complex civilizations still remains a question, although some attempts have been made in this direction. This paper will try to focus on the colonial period of Assam’s history as a watershed both in terms of ecology as well as societal changes.
