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class="mw-redirect" title="Pragjyotisha">Pragjyotisha</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed hlist"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:beige; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Classical Dynasties</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gangaridai" title="Gangaridai">Gangaridai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhulua_Kingdom" title="Bhulua Kingdom">Bhulua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanda_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanda dynasty">Nandas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurya_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Maurya dynasty">Mayuras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shunga_Empire" title="Shunga Empire">Shungas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gupta_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Gupta dynasty">Guptas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varman_dynasty" title="Varman dynasty">Varmanas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauda_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauda Kingdom">Gaudiyas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamarupa" title="Kamarupa">Kamarupa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaintia_Kingdom" title="Jaintia Kingdom">Jaintia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gour_Kingdom" title="Gour Kingdom">Gour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laur_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Laur Kingdom">Laur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallabhum" class="mw-redirect" title="Mallabhum">Mallabhum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadra_dynasty" title="Bhadra dynasty">Bhadras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khadga_dynasty" title="Khadga dynasty">Khadgas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Palas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sena_dynasty" title="Sena dynasty">Sena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_dynasty" title="Chandra dynasty">Chandras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deva_dynasty" title="Deva dynasty">Devas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratapgarh_Kingdom" title="Pratapgarh Kingdom">Pratapgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taraf_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Taraf Kingdom">Taraf</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:beige; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Islamic Bengal</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Sultanate" title="Delhi Sultanate">Delhi Sultanate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khalji_dynasty_of_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Khalji dynasty of Bengal">Khalji dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamluk_dynasty_(Delhi)" title="Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)">Mamluk dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tughlaq_dynasty" title="Tughlaq dynasty">Tughlaq dynasty</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balban" title="Balban">House of Balban</a></li> <li>City states: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sonargaon" title="Sonargaon">Sonargaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gau%E1%B8%8Da_(city)" title="Gauḍa (city)">Lakhnauti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satgaon" class="mw-redirect" title="Satgaon">Satgaon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Sultanate" title="Bengal Sultanate">Bengal Sultanate</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ilyas_Shahi_dynasty" title="Ilyas Shahi dynasty">Ilyas Shahi dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Ganesha" title="House of Ganesha">House of Ganesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hussain_Shahi_dynasty" title="Hussain Shahi dynasty">Hussain Shahi dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karrani_dynasty" title="Karrani dynasty">Karrani dynasty</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sur_Empire" title="Sur Empire">Sur Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baro-Bhuyan" title="Baro-Bhuyan">Twelve Bhuyan Confederacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mrauk_U" title="Kingdom of Mrauk U">Kingdom of Mrauk U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaintia_Kingdom" title="Jaintia Kingdom">Jaintia Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratapgarh_Kingdom" title="Pratapgarh Kingdom">Pratapgarh Kingdom</a></li> <li><a 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expeditions in Bengal">Maratha expeditions in Bengal</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed hlist"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:beige; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Colonial Bengal</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Chittagong" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Chittagong">Portuguese Chittagong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Bengal" title="Dutch Bengal">Dutch Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandernagore" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandernagore">French Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serampore" title="Serampore">Danish Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankipur_(Bengal)" title="Bankipur (Bengal)">Austrian Bengal</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">British Bengal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey" title="Battle of Plassey">Battle 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style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age_India" title="Bronze Age India">Bronze Age</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 3300 – 1200 BCE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Pundravardhana" title="Pundravardhana">Pundra kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> c.1280 – c. 300 BCE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Iron Age India">Iron Age</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1200 – 200 BCE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Vanga_kingdom" title="Vanga kingdom">Vanga kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> c.1100 – c. 340 BCE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">      <a href="/wiki/House_of_Vijaya" title="House of Vijaya">House of Vijaya</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 543 BCE - 66 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Northern_Black_Polished_Ware" title="Northern Black Polished Ware">Northern Culture</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 700 – 200 BCE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Gangaridai" title="Gangaridai">Gangaridai</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> c. 350 – c. 300 BCE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Nanda_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanda Dynasty">Nanda Dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> c. 345 BCE– c. 322 BCE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Mauryan_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauryan Empire">Mauryan Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 325 – 185 BCE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Samatata" title="Samatata">Samatata kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> c. 232 BCE – 800 AD</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Shunga_Empire" title="Shunga Empire">Shunga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kushan_Empire" title="Kushan Empire">Kushan</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> c. 185 BCE – c. 75 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">Southwestern Silk Road</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> c. 114 BCE – c. 1450 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Indo-Roman_trade_relations" title="Indo-Roman trade relations">Indo-Roman trade relations</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> c. 30 BCE – c. 600 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Gupta_Empire" title="Gupta Empire">Gupta Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 240 – 550 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kamarupa" title="Kamarupa">Kamarupa kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 350 – 1140 CE</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Medieval</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Jaintia_Kingdom" title="Jaintia Kingdom">Jaintia Kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 500 – 1835 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Gauda_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauda Kingdom">Gauda Kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 590 – 626 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Laur_kingdom" title="Laur kingdom">Laur kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 600 - 1565 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Harikela" title="Harikela">Harikela kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 600 - 650 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Gour_Kingdom" title="Gour Kingdom">Gour Kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 600 – 1303 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Khadga_dynasty" title="Khadga dynasty">Khadga dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 650 – 750 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bhadra_dynasty" title="Bhadra dynasty">Bhadra dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> c. 700s CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Pala Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 750 – 1100 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Chandra_dynasty" title="Chandra dynasty">Chandra dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 900 – 1050 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Sena_dynasty" title="Sena dynasty">Sena dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1070 – 1320 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Deva_dynasty" title="Deva dynasty">Deva dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1100 – 1250 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Ghurid_invasion_of_Bengal" title="Ghurid invasion of Bengal">Ghurid Conquest</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1202 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Khalji_dynasty_(Bengal)" title="Khalji dynasty (Bengal)">Khaljis of Bengal</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1204 - 1231 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Taraf_(Bengal)" title="Taraf (Bengal)">Taraf Kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> c. 1200s – c. 1600s CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bhulua_Kingdom" title="Bhulua Kingdom">Bhulua Kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1203 – 1600s CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Sultanate" title="Delhi Sultanate">Delhi Sultanate</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1204 – 1338 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_Dynasty_(Delhi)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamluk Dynasty (Delhi)">Mamluk Dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1206 – 1290 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Khalji_dynasty" title="Khalji dynasty">Khalji Dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1290 – 1320 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Tughlaq_dynasty" title="Tughlaq dynasty">Tugluq Dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1320 – 1338,1342 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">City State Sultanates</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Mubarak_Shahi_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Mubarak Shahi Dynasty">Sonargaon</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1338 – 1352 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Gau%E1%B8%8Da_(city)" title="Gauḍa (city)">Lakhnauti/Gauda</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1342 – 1352 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Saptagram" title="Saptagram">Satagon/Saptagram</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1342 – 1352 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Twipra_Kingdom" title="Twipra Kingdom">Twipra Kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> c. 1400 – 1949 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Sultanate" title="Bengal Sultanate">Bengal Sultanate</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1352 – 1576 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Ilyas_Shahi_dynasty" title="Ilyas Shahi dynasty">Ilyas Shahi dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1342 – 1487 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/House_of_Ganesha" title="House of Ganesha">House of Ganesha</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1414 – 1436 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Habshi_dynasty" title="Habshi dynasty">Habshi dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1487 – 1494 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Hussain_Shahi_dynasty" title="Hussain Shahi dynasty">Hussein Shahi</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1494 – 1538 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Sur_Empire" title="Sur Empire">Suri Interruption</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1539 – 1554 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/w/index.php?title=Muhammad_Shahi_Dynasty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muhammad Shahi Dynasty (page does not exist)">Muhammad Shahi</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1554 – 1564 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Karrani_dynasty" title="Karrani dynasty">Karrani dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1564 – 1576 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Pratapgarh_Kingdom" title="Pratapgarh Kingdom">Pratapgarh Kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1489 – 1700s CE</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Early Modern</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Koch_dynasty" title="Koch dynasty">Koch Kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1515 – 1956 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Sur_Empire" title="Sur Empire">Suri Dynasty</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1540 – 1556 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Baro-Bhuyan" title="Baro-Bhuyan">Twelve Bhuyans</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1550 – 1620 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Porto_Grande_de_Bengala" class="mw-redirect" title="Porto Grande de Bengala">Porto Grande de Bengala</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1528 – 1666 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mrauk_U" title="Kingdom of Mrauk U">Kingdom of Mrauk U</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1530 – 1666 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1576 – 1717 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Subah" title="Bengal Subah">Bengal Subah</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1576 – 1717 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Rajshahi_Raj" title="Rajshahi Raj">Rajshahi Raj</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> c. 1700s - 1950 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Zamindars_of_Bengal" title="Zamindars of Bengal">Zamindars</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1700s - 1900s CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Pratapaditya" title="Pratapaditya">Pratapaditya Kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1602 – 1611 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Raja_Sitaram_Ray" title="Raja Sitaram Ray">Sitaram Ray Kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1688 – 1714 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Nawabs_of_Bengal" title="Nawabs of Bengal">Nawabs of Bengal</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1717 – 1757 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Maratha_invasions_of_Bengal" title="Maratha invasions of Bengal">Maratha Invasions</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1742 - 1751 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Calcutta" title="Siege of Calcutta">Siege of Calcutta</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1756 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Shamsher_Gazi" title="Shamsher Gazi">Shamsher Gazi's Kingdom</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1748 – 1760 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Company_rule_in_India" title="Company rule in India">Company Raj</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1757 – 1858 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1770" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengal famine of 1770">Bengal famine of 1770</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1770 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Renaissance" title="Bengal Renaissance">Bengal Renaissance</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1772 - 1913 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Faraizi_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Faraizi Movement">Faraizi Movement</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1818 – 1884 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">The Great Rebellion</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1857 – 1858 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Titumir" title="Titumir">Tariqah-i-Muhammadiya</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1830 – 1831 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Titumir%27s_rebellion" title="Titumir's rebellion">Titumir's rebellion</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1830s CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1858 – 1947 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)" title="Partition of Bengal (1905)">Partition of Bengal</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1905 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Bengal_and_Assam" title="Eastern Bengal and Assam">Bengal and Assam</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1905 - 1912 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943" title="Bengal famine of 1943">Bengal Famine</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1943 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Bengal" title="Prime Minister of Bengal">Bengali Prime Minister</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1937 - 1947 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Noakhali_riots" title="Noakhali riots">Noakhali riots</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1946 CE</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Modern</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/East_Bengal" title="East Bengal">East Bengal</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1947 – 1955 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1947)" title="Partition of Bengal (1947)">Partition of Bengal (1947)</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1947 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/East_Bengali_refugees" title="East Bengali refugees">East Bengali refugees</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1947 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Bengali_Language_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali Language Movement">Bengali Language Movement</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1948 – 1956 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1955 – 1971 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/1964_East_Pakistan_riots" title="1964 East Pakistan riots">1964 East Pakistan riots</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1964 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1965 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Six_Point_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Six Point Movement">Six Point Movement</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1966 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/1969_uprising_in_East_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 uprising in East Pakistan">East Pakistan Uprising</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1969 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Pakistani_general_election,_1970" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani general election, 1970">Pakistani general election</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1970 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Non-cooperation_movement_(1971)" title="Non-cooperation movement (1971)">Non-cooperation </a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1971 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War" title="Bangladesh Liberation War">Bangladesh Liberation War</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1971 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_Declaration_of_Independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladeshi Declaration of Independence">Independence Declaration</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1971 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_Bangladesh" title="Provisional Government of Bangladesh">Provisional Government</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1971 – 1972 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Genocide" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangladesh Genocide">Bangladesh Genocide</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1971 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">     <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Surrender of Pakistan">Surrender of Pakistan</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1971 CE</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bangladesh_(1971%E2%80%93present)" title="History of Bangladesh (1971–present)">Contemporary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_famine_of_1974" title="Bangladesh famine of 1974">Bangladesh famine</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1974 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Krishak_Sramik_Awami_League" title="Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League">Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1975 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Sheikh_Mujibur_Rahman" title="Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman">Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1975 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Jail_Killing_Day" title="Jail Killing Day">Jail Killing Day</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1975 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">Military rule</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1975 – 1990 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Military_coups_in_Bangladesh" title="Military coups in Bangladesh">Military coups in Bangladesh</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1975 - 2011 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Chittagong_Hill_Tracts_conflict" title="Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict">Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1977 - 1997 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/1990_Mass_Uprising_in_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh">Mass Uprising</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1990 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;">Transition to democracy</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1991 – 2008 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Caretaker_government_of_Bangladesh" title="Caretaker government of Bangladesh">Caretaker government of Bangladesh</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1996 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Chittagong_Hill_Tracts_Peace_Accord" title="Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord">Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 1997 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9308_Bangladeshi_political_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis">Bangladeshi political crisis</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2006–2008 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Sheikh_Hasina" title="Premiership of Sheikh Hasina">Hasina era</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2009–2024 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Vision_2021" title="Vision 2021">Vision 2021 and Digital Bangladesh</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2008 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Rifles_revolt" title="Bangladesh Rifles revolt">Bangladesh Rifles revolt</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2009 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/2013_Shapla_Square_protests" title="2013 Shapla Square protests">Shapla Square protests</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2013 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/2013_Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement" title="2013 Bangladesh quota reform movement">Bangladesh quota reform movement</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> 2013 CE</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/International_Crimes_Tribunal_(Bangladesh)" title="International Crimes Tribunal 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/BD_Mahasthangarh3.JPG/500px-BD_Mahasthangarh3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Mahasthangarh is the oldest archaeological site in <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>. It dates back to 300 BCE and was the ancient capital of the <a href="/wiki/Pundra_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Pundra Kingdom">Pundra Kingdom</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Mahasthangarh</b> is the earliest urban archaeological sites discovered thus far in <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>. The village Mahasthan in <a href="/wiki/Shibganj_Upazila,_Bogra" title="Shibganj Upazila, Bogra">Shibganj upazila</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bogra_District" title="Bogra District">Bogra District</a> contains the remains of an ancient city which was called <a href="/wiki/Pundranagar" title="Pundranagar">Pundranagara</a> or Paundravardhanapura in the territory of <a href="/wiki/Pundravardhana" title="Pundravardhana">Pundravardhana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Brochure_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brochure-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> slab bearing six lines in <a href="/wiki/Prakrit" title="Prakrit">Prakrit</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brahmi_script" title="Brahmi script">Brahmi script</a> recording a land grant, discovered in 1931, dates Mahasthangarh to at least the 3rd century <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">BCE</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SH_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SH-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was an important city under the <a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Maurya Empire</a>. The fortified area of the city was in use until the 8th century CE.<sup id="cite_ref-Brochure_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brochure-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Mahasthan</i> means a place that has excellent sanctity and <i>garh</i> means fort. Mahasthan was first mentioned in a <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> text of the 13th century entitled <i>Vallalcharita</i>. It is also mentioned in an anonymous text <i>Karatoya mahatmya,</i> circumstantially placed in 12th–13th century. The same text also mentions two more names to mean the same place – Pundrakshetra, land of the Pundras, and Pundranagara, city of the Pundras. In 1685, an administrative decree mentioned the place as Mastangarh, a mixture of Sanskrit and <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> meaning fortified place of an auspicious personage. Subsequent discoveries have confirmed that the earlier name was Pundranagara or Paundravardhanapura, and that the present name of Mahasthangarh is of later origin.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Instead of MAHASTHANGARH it has become utterly renowned as MASTAN GAR/মাস্তান গড় /মস্তান গড় (MASTAN means intoxicated with divine love; aversion to luxury. leaving the family due to spiritual reasons and GARH/GAR means fort). According to the sublime oral history of the Fakir-Sannasy rebel movement in India during the British Raj, these  MASTANS namely the wandering fakirs of Bengal took refuge in the ruins of the historic Pundravardhan or Pundranagar city and used it as fort(GARH).Majnu Shah was a fakir of the Madaria sect. Syed Badiuddin Qutubul Shah Madar is the founder of this order. His center of activity was at the shrine of Shah Madar at Makanpur near Kanpur. On 25 February 1771, he had his first encounter with sepoys led by Lieutenant Feltham at Dinajpur. This clash was unsuccessful. He then moved to Khanka in Mahasthangarh, Bogra. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mahasthangarh (<a href="/wiki/Pundranagar" title="Pundranagar">Pundranagar</a>), the ancient capital of <a href="/wiki/Pundravardhana" title="Pundravardhana">Pundravardhana</a> is located 11 km (6.8 mi) north of <a href="/wiki/Bogra" title="Bogra">Bogra</a> on the Bogra-<a href="/wiki/Rangpur_District" title="Rangpur District">Rangpur</a> highway, with a feeder road (running along the eastern side of the ramparts of the citadel for 1.5 km) leading to Jahajghata and site museum.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buses are available for Bogra from <a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a> and take 4<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> hours for the journey via <a href="/wiki/Jamuna_Bridge" title="Jamuna Bridge">Bangabandhu Jamuna Bridge</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Jamuna_River_(Bangladesh)" title="Jamuna River (Bangladesh)">Jamuna River</a>. Accommodation is available at Bogra.<sup id="cite_ref-Lonelyplanet_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lonelyplanet-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is believed that the city in the area was decided upon because it is one of the highest areas in Bangladesh. The land in the region is almost 36 metres (118 ft) above sea level, whereas Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is around 6 metres (20 ft) above sea level. Another reason for choosing this place was the position and size of the <a href="/wiki/Karatoya_River" title="Karatoya River">Karatoya</a>, which as recently as in the 13th century was three times wider than <a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wondermondo_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wondermondo-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mahasthangarh stands on the red soil of the <a href="/wiki/Barind_Tract" title="Barind Tract">Barind Tract</a> which is slightly elevated within the largely alluvium area. The elevation of 15 to 25 metres above the surrounding areas makes it a relatively flood free physiographic unit.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discovery">Discovery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Discovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several personalities contributed to the discovery and identification of the ruins at Mahasthangarh. Francis Buchanan Hamilton was the first to locate and visit Mahasthangarh in 1808, C.J.O'Donnell, E.V.Westmacott, and Beveridge followed. Alexander Cunningham was the first to identify the place as the capital of Pundravardhana. He visited the site in 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 April 2004, The Daily Star reported that locals were looting bricks and valuables from the site. They were also building residences on the site ignoring government regulations.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citadel">Citadel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Citadel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Citadel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Citadel.jpg/250px-BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Citadel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Citadel.jpg/330px-BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Citadel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Citadel.jpg/500px-BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Citadel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1196" data-file-height="1470" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Citadel of Mahasthangarh</figcaption></figure> <p>The citadel is the fortified heart of the ancient city, is rectangular in plan, measuring roughly 1.523 kilometres (0.946 mi) long from north to south, and 1.371 kilometres (0.852 mi) from east to west, with high and wide ramparts in all its wings. Area of the citadel is approximately 185 ha.<sup id="cite_ref-wondermondo_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wondermondo-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Karatoya_River" title="Karatoya River">Karatoya</a>, once a mighty river but now a small stream, flows on its east.<sup id="cite_ref-Brochure_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brochure-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Till the 1920s, when excavations started, the inside of the citadel was higher than the surrounding areas by over 4 metres and was dotted with several straggling elevated pieces of land. The rampart looked like a jungle clad mud rampart with forced openings at several points. The rampart was 11–13 metres (36–43 ft) higher than the surrounding area. At its south-east corner stood a mazhar (holy tomb). A later day mosque (built in 1718–19) was also there.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_2_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At present there are several mounds and structural vestiges inside the fortifications. Of these a few of note are: Jiat Kunda (well which, according to legends, has life giving power), Mankalir Dhap (place consecrated to Mankali), Parasuramer Basgriha (palace of a king named Parasuram), Bairagir Bhita (palace of a female anchorite), Khodar Pathar Bhita (place of stone bestowed by God), and Munir Ghon (a bastion). There are some gateways at different points: Kata Duar (in the north), Dorab Shah Toran (in the east), Burir Fatak (in the south), and Tamra Dawaza (in the west)<sup id="cite_ref-Brochure_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brochure-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the north-eastern corner there is a flight of steps (a later addition) that goes by the name of Jahajghata. A little beyond Jahajghata and on the banks of the Karatoya is Govinda Bhita (a temple dedicated to Govinda). In front of it is the site museum, displaying some of the representative findings. Beside it is a rest house. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suburb_of_the_citadel">Suburb of the citadel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Suburb of the citadel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gokul_Medh,_Bogra,_September_2016_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_01.jpg/250px-Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_01.jpg/330px-Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_01.jpg/500px-Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Gokul Medh, Bogra</figcaption></figure> <p>Besides the fortified area, there are around a hundred mounds spread over an area with a radius of 9 km. (See map alongside). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Suburb.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Suburb.jpg/250px-BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Suburb.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Suburb.jpg/330px-BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Suburb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Suburb.jpg/500px-BD_Map_Mahasthangarh_Suburb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1144" data-file-height="1218" /></a><figcaption>Map of Mahasthangarh's Suburb of the Citadel</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Excavated mounds:<sup id="cite_ref-Brochure_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brochure-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </p> <ol><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gobhindo_Bhita&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gobhindo Bhita (page does not exist)">Gobhindo Bhita</a>, a temple close to the north-eastern corner of the citadel</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khulnar_Dhap&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khulnar Dhap (page does not exist)">Khulnar Dhap</a>, a temple 1 km north of the citadel</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mangalkot,_Bogra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mangalkot, Bogra (page does not exist)">Mangalkot</a>, a temple 400m south of Khulnar Dhap</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godaibari_Dhap&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Godaibari Dhap (page does not exist)">Godaibari Dhap</a>, a temple 1 km south of Khulnar Dhap</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Totaram_Panditer_Dhap&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Totaram Panditer Dhap (page does not exist)">Totaram Panditer Dhap</a>, a monastery 4 km north-west of the citadel</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Noropotir_Dhap&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Noropotir Dhap (page does not exist)">Noropotir Dhap</a> (Vashu Bihara), a group of monasteries 1 km north-west of Totaram Ponditer Dhap (said to be the place where Po-shi-po Bihara mentioned by <a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a> (Hieun Tsang) was located)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gokul_Medh" title="Gokul Medh">Gokul Medh</a> (Lokhindorer Bashor Ghor), a temple 3 km south of the citadel</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shkonder_Dhap&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shkonder Dhap (page does not exist)">Shkonder Dhap</a>, a temple 2 km south-east of Gokul Medh</li></ol> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_(11).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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/></a><figcaption>Entrance of Mahasthangarh</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Major unexcavated mounds:<sup id="cite_ref-Brochure_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brochure-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </p> <ol><li>Shiladebir Ghat</li> <li>Chunoru Dighi Dhap</li> <li>Kaibilki Dhap</li> <li>Juraintala</li> <li>Poroshuramer Shobhabati</li> <li>Balai Dhap</li> <li>Prochir Dhibi</li> <li>Kanchir Hari Dhibi</li> <li>Lohonar Dhap</li> <li>Khujar Dhap</li> <li>Doshatina Dhap</li> <li>Dhoniker Dhap</li> <li>Mondirir Dorgah</li> <li>Bishmordana Dhibi</li> <li>Malinar Dhap</li> <li>Malpukuria Dhap</li> <li>Jogir Dhap</li> <li>Podmobhatir Dhap</li> <li>Kanai Dhap</li> <li>Dulu Mojhir Bhita</li> <li>Podda Debhir Bhita</li> <li>Rastala Dhap</li> <li>Shoshitola Dhap</li> <li>Dhonbandhor Dhap</li> <li>Chader Dhap</li> <li>Shindinath Dhap</li> <li>Shalibahon Rajar Kacharibari Dhipi</li> <li>Kacher Angina</li> <li>Mongolnather Dhap</li> <li>ChhoutoTengra/ Babur Dhap/ Kethar Dhap</li> <li>Boro Tengra/ Shonyashir Dhap</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Excavations">Excavations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Excavations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Systematic archaeological excavation of Mahasthangarh was first started in 1928–29 under the guidance of K.N.Dikshit of the Archaeological Survey of India. The areas around Jahajghata, Munir Ghon and Bairagir Bhita were explored. Excavation was resumed in 1934–36 at Bairagir Bhita and Govinda Bhita. Excavation was carried out in 1960s around the Mazhar, Parasuramer Prasad, Mankalir Dhap, Jiat Kunda and in a part of the northern rampart. In the next phase excavation was carried out sporadically in parts of the east and north ramparts but the final report is yet to be published. In the period 1992–98 excavation was conducted in the area lying between Bairagir Bhita and the gateway exposed in 1991 as a Bangla-Franco joint venture, which is now in its second phase with excavation around the mazhar in the western side of the citadel.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Movable_antiquities">Movable antiquities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Movable antiquities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahasthan_inscription.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Mahasthan_inscription.jpg/220px-Mahasthan_inscription.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Mahasthan_inscription.jpg/330px-Mahasthan_inscription.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Mahasthan_inscription.jpg/440px-Mahasthan_inscription.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2072" data-file-height="770" /></a><figcaption>The Mauryan period Mahasthan inscription in <a href="/wiki/Brahmi" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmi">Brahmi</a>, recording a land grant.<sup id="cite_ref-SH_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SH-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddha_sculpture_in_Mahasthangarh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Buddha_sculpture_in_Mahasthangarh.jpg/250px-Buddha_sculpture_in_Mahasthangarh.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Buddha_sculpture_in_Mahasthangarh.jpg/330px-Buddha_sculpture_in_Mahasthangarh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Buddha_sculpture_in_Mahasthangarh.jpg/500px-Buddha_sculpture_in_Mahasthangarh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Buddha Sculpture</figcaption></figure> <p>The excavations have led to the recovery of a large number of items, a few of which are listed here. </p><p><b>Inscriptions:</b> A 4.4 cm x 5.7 cm limestone slab bearing six lines in <a href="/wiki/Prakrit" title="Prakrit">Prakrit</a> in <a href="/wiki/Br%C4%81hm%C4%AB_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Brāhmī script">Brahmi</a> script, discovered accidentally by a day labourer in 1931 was an important find. The text appears to be a royal order of Magadh, possibly during the rule of <a href="/wiki/Asoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Asoka">Asoka</a>. It dates the antiquity of Mahasthangarh to 3rd century BC. An <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> inscriptional slab of 1300–1301 discovered in 1911–12 mentions the erection of a tomb in honour of Numar Khan, who was a Meer-e-Bahar (lieutenant of the naval fleet). A <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> inscriptional slab of 1718–19 records the construction of a <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a> during the reign of the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> Emperor <a href="/wiki/Farrukhsiyar" title="Farrukhsiyar">Farrukhsiyar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_3_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Coins:</b> Silver punch marked coins are datable to a period between the 4th century BC and the 1st–2nd century AD. Some uninscribed copper cast coins have been found. Two Gupta period coins have been reported from a nearby village named Vamanpara. A number of coins belonging to the sultans of 14th–15th century and <a href="/wiki/British_East_India_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="British East India Company">British East India Company</a> have been found.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_3_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Ceramics:</b> Mostly represented by a vast number of shards.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_3_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Sculpture:</b> A 5th century Buddha stone sculpture recovered from Vasu Vihara, a Lokesvara stone sculpture showing blending of <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Avalokite%C5%9Bvara" title="Avalokiteśvara">Avalokiteśvara</a>, salvaged from neighbouring Namuja village, a number sandstone door-frames, pillars and lintels (datable to 5th–12th century), numerous Buddha bronze sculpture datable to 10th–11th century, a terracotta Surya discovered at Mankalir Bhita, and numerous other pieces.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_3_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Terracotta Plaques:</b> A number of terracotta plaques have been discovered. </p><p>Many of these are on display in the site museum, which is open Sunday to Thursday summer:10 am to 6 pm, winter:9 am to 5 pm. Recess:1–2 pm, Friday recess is from 12.30 to 2.30, opens at 9 am in summer, other timings same. Summer timings 1 April to 30 September, winter timings 1 October to 30 March.<sup id="cite_ref-Brochure_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brochure-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Books on Mahasthangarh and other archaeological sites in Bangladesh (in Bengali and English) are available at the ticket counter for the site museum. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Highlights_of_some_excavated_sites">Highlights of some excavated sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Highlights of some excavated sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inside_the_citadel">Inside the citadel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Inside the citadel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Bairagir Bhita:</b> Constructed/ reconstructed in four periods: 4th–5th century AD, 6th–7th century, 9th–10th century, and 11th century. Excavations have revealed impoverished base ruins resembling temples. Two sculptured sandstone pillars have been recovered.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_4_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Khodarpathar Bhita:</b> Some pieces of stone carved with transcendent Buddha along with devotees in anjali (kneeling with folded hands) recovered.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_4_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Parasuramer Prasad:</b> Contains remains of three occupation periods – 8th century AD findings include stone Visnupatta of <a href="/wiki/Pala_Empire" title="Pala Empire">Pala</a> period, 15th- 16th century findings include some glazed shreds of Muslim origin, and the third period has revealed two coins of the <a href="/wiki/British_East_India_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="British East India Company">British East India Company</a> issued in 1835 and 1853.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_4_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Mankalir Dhap:</b> terracotta plaques, bronze <a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a>, bronze <a href="/wiki/Garuda" title="Garuda">Garuda</a> etc. were discovered. Base ruins of a 15-domed mosque (15th–16th century) was revealed.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_4_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangla</a>-<a href="/wiki/France" title="France">Franco</a> joint venture:</b> Excavations have revealed 18 archaeological layers, ranging from 5th century BC to 12th century AD, until virgin soil at a depth of around 17 m.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_4_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outside_the_citadel">Outside the citadel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Outside the citadel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Govinda Bhita:</b> Situated 185 m north-east of Jahajghata and opposite the site museum. Remains dated from 3rd century BC to 15th century AD. Base remains of two temples have been exposed.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_4_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Totaram Panditer Dhap:</b> Situated in the village Vihara, about 6 km north-west of the citadel. Structural remains of a damaged monastery have been exposed.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_4_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Narapatir_Dhap,_Vasu_Bihar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Narapatir_Dhap%2C_Vasu_Bihar.jpg/250px-Narapatir_Dhap%2C_Vasu_Bihar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Narapatir_Dhap%2C_Vasu_Bihar.jpg/330px-Narapatir_Dhap%2C_Vasu_Bihar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Narapatir_Dhap%2C_Vasu_Bihar.jpg/500px-Narapatir_Dhap%2C_Vasu_Bihar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Narapatir Dhap (Vasu Bihar)</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Narapatir Dhap:</b> Situated in the village Basu Vihara, 1.5 km north-west of Totaram Panditer Dhap. Base remains of two monasteries and a temple have been exposed. Cunningham identified this place as the one visited by <a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a> (Hiuen Tsang) in the 7th century AD.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_4_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Gokul Medh:</b> Also known as Behular Basar Ghar or Lakshindarer Medh, situated in the village Gokul, 3 km to the south of the citadel, off the Bogra-Rangpur road, connected by a narrow motorable road about 1 km. Excavations in 1934–36 revealed a terraced podium with 172 rectangular blind cells. It is dated 6th–7th century. Local mythology associates it with legendary <a href="/wiki/Chand_Sadagar#Lakshmindara_and_Behula" title="Chand Sadagar">Lakshmindara-Behula</a>. The village Gokul also has several other mound Kansr Dhap has been excavated.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_4_14-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Skandher Dhap:</b> Situated in village Baghopara on the Bogra-Rangpur road, 3.5 km to the south of the citadel, a sandstone <a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Kartika</a> was found and structural vestiges of a damaged building were revealed. It is believed to be the remains of Skandha Mandira (temple consecrated to Kartika), mentioned in <i>Karatoya mahatmya</i>, as well as Kalhan's <i>Rajatarangin,</i> written in 1149–50. There also are references to Skandhnagara as a suburb of Pundranagara. Baghopara village has three other mounds.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_4_14-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Khulnar Dhap:</b> Situated in village Chenghispur, 700 m west of the north-west corner of the citadel has revealed remains of a temple. The mound is named after Khullana, wife of <a href="/wiki/Chand_Sadagar" title="Chand Sadagar">Chand Sadagar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_4_14-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the present findings it can be deduced that there was a city called Pundravardhana at Mahasthangarh with a vast suburb around it, on all sides except the east, where the once mighty Karatoya used to flow. It is evident that the suburbs of Pundravardhana extended at least to Baghopara on the south-west, Gokul on the south, Vamanpara on the west, and Sekendrabad on the north.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the plan of the city and much of its history are still to be revealed.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_(34).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%2834%29.jpg/250px-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%2834%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%2834%29.jpg/330px-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%2834%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%2834%29.jpg/500px-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%2834%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>a distance view of mahasthangarh wall</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Bhimer Jangal</b> This well-known embankment starts from the north-east corner of Bogra town and proceeds northwards for about 30 miles to a marshy place called Damukdaher bit, under police station <a href="/wiki/Gobindaganj_Upazila" title="Gobindaganj Upazila">Govindaganj</a> (Gaibandha District) and it is said, goes oil to Ghoraghat. It is made of the red earth of the locality and retains at places even now a height of 20 feet above the level of the country. There is a break ill it of over three miles from Daulatpur (north west of Mahasthan-garh) to Hazaradighi (south-west, of it). About a mile south of Hazradighi. the stream Subil approaches the jangal and runs alongside it down to Bogra town. </p><p>Some people think that the Subil is a moat formed by digging the earth for the jangal but as there is no embankment on the northern reach of the Subil now called the Ato nala. which merges in the Kalidaha bil; north of Mahasthan-garh O'Donnell was probably right in saying that the Subil represents the western of the two branches into which the Karatoya divided above Mahasthan. </p><p>On the Bogra-Hazradighi section of the jangal, there are two cross embankments running down to the Karatoya, about 2 miles and 4 miles respectively north of Bogra town and there is a diagonal embankment connecting these cross bonds and then running along the Karatoya until it meets the main embankment near Bogra. </p><p>This jangal or embankment appears to have been of a military character, thrown up to protect the country on its east. The break roar Mahasthan may be due to the embankment having been washed away or to the existence of natural protection by the bit. </p><p>The Bhima to whom the embankment is ascribed may be the Kaivarta chief of the eleventh century who according to the Ramcharitam ruled over Varendra in succession to his father Rudraka and uncle Divyoka, who had ousted king Mahipala II of the Pala, dynasty. Bhima in his turn was defeated in battle and billed by Ramapala. Mahipala's son.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><b>Jogir Bhaban</b> South west of Bagtahali (beyond Chak Bariapara) and some 3 miles west of the khetlal road is a settlement of the Natha sect of Saiva sannyasis, known as Yogir-bhavan, forming the eastern section of Arora village. An account of this settlement is given by Beveridge, J.:1.S.T., 1878; p. 94. It occupies about so, bighas of land and forms the headquarters of the sect. of which there are branches at Yogigopha and Gorakh-kui, both in the Dinajpur District, the former in its south-west part some 5 miles west of Paharpur, J.A.S.B.1875, p. 189, and the latter in its north-west part some 4 miles west of Nekmardan. </p><p>The shrines at Yogir-bhavan are situated in the south-west corner of an en¬closure or-math. One of them called Dharmma-dungi, bears a brick inscription, reading scrvva-siddha sana 1148 Sri Suphala ... (the year =1741 A.D.). 'In front of it is another shrine called 'Gadighar,' where a fire is kept burn at all hours. Outside the enclose are four temples, dedicated respectively to Kalabhai¬rava, Sarvamangala Durga and Gorakshanatha. The Kalabhairava temple contains a diva linga and bears a brick inscription reading Sri Ramasiddha sana 1173 sala (=1766 A.D.) ample Sri Jayanatha Nara-Narayana. The Sarva¬mangala temple contains three images of Hara-Gauri, one of Mahishamardini, a fragment of an Ashta-matrika slab, a fragment of a three-faced female figure probably Ushnishavijava (Sadhanamala; II. pl. XIV) and a four-armed female figure playing on a vina (evidently Sarasvati, but worshipped here as Sarva¬ mangala). Over the entrance is a brick inscription reading 1089 Meher Natha sadaka sri Abhirama Mehetara (the year =1681 A.D.). In the Durga temple is a stone image of Chamunda, and in the Gorakshanatha one, a Siva lihga. There are three brick built samadhis near the latter temple.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><b>Arora</b> South-west of the Dadhisugar and standing on the Masandighi, in Arora village; is Salvan Rajar bari referred to under Baghahali. This Silvan may possibly be the same as king Salavahan, son of Sahila-deva of the Chamba inscription who won the title of Kari-ghata-varsha (= hunjara-ghata-varsha ?) (<a href="/wiki/R._C._Majumdar" title="R. C. Majumdar">R. C. Majumdar</a>, vange kambojadhikara,' vanga-rani, Chaitara, 1330.B.S.p. 251, ind. Ant, XVII.pp. 7–13). Beveridge refers to this mound in JA.S.B., 1878, p 95. </p><p>This name of Sahila seems, to occur again in Sahiladitya lakshmam in v. 10 of the Silimpllr inscription (Ep. Ind, XIII, p. 291). If this identification is correct, then the word kaunjanraghatacarshcna in the Bangarh stone inscription (Gauda-raja-mala, p. 35) is really the title or virudha of the Gudapati of the Kumboja family and not the date of the inscription.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><b>Teghar</b> North of Chandnia that the road skirts the bil and comes to Teghar village Which juts out into the bil 'Near about here are several mounds; such as Naras¬patir dhap. Kacher Angina (or glazed courtyard, a term applied to many ruins in these parts) etc. The biggest of these mounds, Mangal-nather dhap, (Fig. 6) is situated close to the point, from which a road branches off to Bihar. It is said that terracotta plaques as well as stone images were found at this site, but were all consigned to the neighbouring dighi.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><b>Rojakpur</b> Proceeding westward along the road from Gokul to Haripur, we pass into the western arm of the latter village, already referred to. and meet the Bogra¬ Khetlal road near the Chandnia hat. West of Haripur and south of the Somrai bil is the village of Rojakpur, into which, as already stated, the elevated ground from Chandnia hat extends. On this ground are two mounds called respectively Chandbhita. (probably referring to the Manasa legend) and Dhanbhandar. A little further west is another mound called Singhinath Dhap.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><b>Mathura</b> East of Bumanpara and extending up to the garh on the east and the Kalidaha bill on the north, is the village of Mathura, in Which there are several tank and on a ridge overlooking the Gilatala moat, two mounds called Parasuramer Sabhabati and Yogir Dhap.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Threats_to_Mahasthangarh">Threats to Mahasthangarh</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Threats to Mahasthangarh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a 2010 report titled <i><a href="/wiki/Saving_Our_Vanishing_Heritage" title="Saving Our Vanishing Heritage">Saving Our Vanishing Heritage</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Global_Heritage_Fund" title="Global Heritage Fund">Global Heritage Fund</a> identified Mahasthangarh as one of 12 worldwide sites most "On the Verge" of irreparable loss and damage, citing insufficient management (poor water drainage in particular) and looting as primary causes.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Anecdote">Anecdote</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Anecdote"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a local legend that <a href="/wiki/Sultan_Balkhi" title="Sultan Balkhi">Shah Sultan Balkhi Mahisawar</a> arrived at Pundravardhana in the garb of a <a href="/wiki/Fakir" title="Fakir">fakir</a> (mystic holy pedlar of Islamic philosophy) riding a fish. (Mahisawar is Persian word meaning a 'person who rides a fish'). He came from <a href="/wiki/Balkh" title="Balkh">Balkh</a> in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> with a retinue. The period of his arrival is variably put at 5th century AD, 11th century AD and 17th century AD. At that time there was a king named Parasuram with his seat and palace in Mahasthangarh. Mahisawar requested Parasuram for a piece of land to spread his prayer mat on which he could pray. The request was granted but the prayer mat started expanding as soon as it was laid on the ground. When the prayer mat reached the area around the palace bewildered Parasuram declared war. In the beginning the battle seemed to be favouring Parasuram. A scavenger Harapala informed Mahisawar that it was difficult to defeat the royal troops because of the pool called Jiat Kunda. A dead soldier bathed in the waters of Jiat Kunda came back to life. On knowing this Mahisawar asked a <a href="/wiki/Kite_(bird)" title="Kite (bird)">kite</a> to drop a piece of beef in Jiat Kunda. When this was done, the pool lost its powers. The royal troops were on the verge of defeat. The commander of the royal troops, Chilhan, with a large number of his followers, went over to Mahisawar. Thereafter Parasuram and many members of the royal family committed suicide.<sup id="cite_ref-Hossain_1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hossain_1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are many variations of this anecdote, some of which are sold in Bengali booklets in and around Mahasthangarh/Pundravardhana. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Some_antiquity_comparisons">Some antiquity comparisons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahasthangarh&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Some antiquity comparisons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mahasthangarh dates back to at least 3rd century BC and is acknowledged as the earliest city-site discovered thus far in Bangladesh. <a href="/wiki/Somapura_Mahavihara" title="Somapura Mahavihara">Somapura Mahavihara</a> at Paharpur in <a href="/wiki/Naogaon_District" title="Naogaon District">Naogaon District</a> was once the biggest Buddhist monastery south of the Himalayas. It dates from the 8th century AD. <a href="/wiki/Mainamati" title="Mainamati">Mainamati</a> ruins in <a href="/wiki/Comilla_District" title="Comilla District">Comilla District</a> date back to 6th–13th centuries AD.<sup id="cite_ref-Lonelyplanet_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lonelyplanet-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In neighbouring <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, the ruins of <a href="/wiki/Dihar_(archaeological_site)" title="Dihar (archaeological site)">Dihar</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_subdivision" title="Bishnupur subdivision">Bishnupur subdivision</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bankura_district" title="Bankura district">Bankura district</a> date back to the 2700 BC. The ruins of <a href="/wiki/Pandu_Rajar_Dhibi" title="Pandu Rajar Dhibi">Pandu Rajar Dhibi</a> on the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Ajay_River" title="Ajay River">Ajay River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bardhaman_district" title="Bardhaman district">Bardhaman district</a> also date back to 2000 BC. However, this recent archaeological discovery has not yet been properly studied by outside experts and specialists in this field, and as such the historical value of many of the statements must be considered as uncertain.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ruins at <a href="/wiki/Chandraketugarh" title="Chandraketugarh">Chandraketugarh</a> in <a href="/wiki/24_Parganas_South" class="mw-redirect" title="24 Parganas South">24 Parganas South</a> and Rajbadidanga in <a href="/wiki/Murshidabad_district" title="Murshidabad district">Murshidabad district</a> date back to the early years of the Christian era.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Buddhist_Viharas">Buddhist Viharas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="/wiki/File:Mankalir_Mound_(17).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mankalir Mound"><img alt="Mankalir Mound" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mankalir_Mound_%2817%29.jpg/120px-Mankalir_Mound_%2817%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mankalir_Mound_%2817%29.jpg/180px-Mankalir_Mound_%2817%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mankalir_Mound_%2817%29.jpg/240px-Mankalir_Mound_%2817%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3104" data-file-height="1746" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mankalir Mound</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BD_Mahasthangarh6.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Govinda Bhita just outside the Mahasthangarh citadel"><img alt="Govinda Bhita just outside the Mahasthangarh citadel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/BD_Mahasthangarh6.JPG/120px-BD_Mahasthangarh6.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/BD_Mahasthangarh6.JPG/180px-BD_Mahasthangarh6.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/BD_Mahasthangarh6.JPG/240px-BD_Mahasthangarh6.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Govinda Bhita just outside the Mahasthangarh citadel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Place_of_parshuram_(42).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Place of Parshuram"><img alt="Place of Parshuram" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Place_of_parshuram_%2842%29.jpg/120px-Place_of_parshuram_%2842%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Place_of_parshuram_%2842%29.jpg/250px-Place_of_parshuram_%2842%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3104" data-file-height="1746" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Place of Parshuram</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahasthangar_Karotoa_River_Bogra_Bangladesh.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Karatoya River by the Mahasthangarh citadel"><img alt="Karatoya River by the Mahasthangarh citadel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Mahasthangar_Karotoa_River_Bogra_Bangladesh.JPG/120px-Mahasthangar_Karotoa_River_Bogra_Bangladesh.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Mahasthangar_Karotoa_River_Bogra_Bangladesh.JPG/250px-Mahasthangar_Karotoa_River_Bogra_Bangladesh.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Karatoya_River" title="Karatoya River">Karatoya River</a> by the Mahasthangarh citadel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gokul_Medh,_Bogra,_September_2016_28.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lakshindar Behular Basar Ghar at Gokul"><img alt="Lakshindar Behular Basar Ghar at Gokul" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_28.jpg/120px-Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_28.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_28.jpg/250px-Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_28.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Lakshindar Behular Basar Ghar at Gokul</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahasthangar_Gokul_Medh_Bogra_Bangladesh.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Gokul Medh"><img alt="Gokul Medh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Mahasthangar_Gokul_Medh_Bogra_Bangladesh.JPG/120px-Mahasthangar_Gokul_Medh_Bogra_Bangladesh.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Mahasthangar_Gokul_Medh_Bogra_Bangladesh.JPG/250px-Mahasthangar_Gokul_Medh_Bogra_Bangladesh.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gokul Medh</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gokul_Medh,_Bogra,_September_2016_18.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gokul Medh"><img alt="Gokul Medh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_18.jpg/120px-Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_18.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_18.jpg/250px-Gokul_Medh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_18.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Gokul Medh</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Govinda_Bhita,_Mahasthangarh,_Bogra,_September_2016_05.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Govinda Vita"><img alt="Govinda Vita" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Govinda_Bhita%2C_Mahasthangarh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_05.jpg/120px-Govinda_Bhita%2C_Mahasthangarh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_05.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Govinda_Bhita%2C_Mahasthangarh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_05.jpg/180px-Govinda_Bhita%2C_Mahasthangarh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Govinda_Bhita%2C_Mahasthangarh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_05.jpg/240px-Govinda_Bhita%2C_Mahasthangarh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Govinda Vita</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_(7).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mahasthangarh Museum"><img alt="Mahasthangarh Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_%287%29.JPG/90px-Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_%287%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_%287%29.JPG/135px-Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_%287%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_%287%29.JPG/180px-Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_%287%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mahasthangarh Museum</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palace_of_Parshuram,_Mahasthangarh,_Bogra,_September_2016_06.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Place of Parshuram"><img alt="Place of Parshuram" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Palace_of_Parshuram%2C_Mahasthangarh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_06.jpg/120px-Palace_of_Parshuram%2C_Mahasthangarh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_06.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Palace_of_Parshuram%2C_Mahasthangarh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_06.jpg/180px-Palace_of_Parshuram%2C_Mahasthangarh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Palace_of_Parshuram%2C_Mahasthangarh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_06.jpg/240px-Palace_of_Parshuram%2C_Mahasthangarh%2C_Bogra%2C_September_2016_06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Place of Parshuram</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Totaram_Panditer_Dhap_(16).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bihar Dhap"><img alt="Bihar Dhap" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Totaram_Panditer_Dhap_%2816%29.jpg/120px-Totaram_Panditer_Dhap_%2816%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Totaram_Panditer_Dhap_%2816%29.jpg/250px-Totaram_Panditer_Dhap_%2816%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3104" data-file-height="1746" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bihar Dhap</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_(11).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mahasthangarh Museum"><img alt="Mahasthangarh Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_%2811%29.JPG/120px-Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_%2811%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_%2811%29.JPG/180px-Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_%2811%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_%2811%29.JPG/240px-Mahasthangar_Museum_Bogra_Bangladesh_%2811%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mahasthangarh Museum</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shiva_Lingam_with_Gauripatta_at_Mahasthangarh_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mahasthangarh Museum"><img alt="Mahasthangarh Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Shiva_Lingam_with_Gauripatta_at_Mahasthangarh_Museum.jpg/120px-Shiva_Lingam_with_Gauripatta_at_Mahasthangarh_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Shiva_Lingam_with_Gauripatta_at_Mahasthangarh_Museum.jpg/250px-Shiva_Lingam_with_Gauripatta_at_Mahasthangarh_Museum.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mahasthangarh Museum</div> </li> </ul><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="mahasthangarh wall"><img alt="mahasthangarh wall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%283%29.jpg/90px-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%283%29.jpg/135px-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%283%29.jpg/180px-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="4608" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">mahasthangarh wall</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_(33).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="resort of mahashangarh"><img alt="resort of mahashangarh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%2833%29.jpg/120px-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%2833%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%2833%29.jpg/180px-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%2833%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%2833%29.jpg/240px-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%2833%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">resort of mahashangarh</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_(24).jpg" class="mw-file-description" 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