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The Indian Historical Quarterly June 1952

1952

A large number of stucco ornamentation was found at the north eastern corner of the monastery near the edge of the manciapa as also in the area between the caityas and the landing of the st5pa. [...] Gauda r. Gauda as the name of a city Gauda (usually written Gaur in English) was the residence of several dynasties of the Muslim rulers of Bengal for many centuries from the establishment of Muhammadan rule in the country about the close of the twelfth century A. D. The ruins of the city lie in lat. [...] The fact however that in the seventh century A. D. the capital of the Galicia country was called Karnasuvarcia (modern Rang-dm:4i about eleven miles to the south of Murshidabad heaquarters of the district of that name to the south of the Ganges and Malda) seems to suggest that the city was named after the country. [...] Leaving Gaur the main waters of the Ganges turned soutward and flowed through the channel of the Bhairab (as Krttivdsa the reputed author who flourished in the fourteenth century indicated) and from at least the twelfth to the sixteenth century through the Sarasvati into the Bay while the ancient eastern branch of the Ganges is traceable in the jhils and morasses which extend from Purnea to [...] In the fourth century A. D. the Gauda region became an integral part of the Gupta empire; but with the decline of the imperial power of the Guptas the Gaudas established an independent monarchy about the beginning of the sixth century.
history
Pages
109
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120027
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iii Narendra Law view
Excavations at Nagarjunakondal
107-iv T.N. Ramachandran view
Gauda
123-134 D.C. Sircar view
Concordance of the Fauna in the Ramayana
135-141 Sibadas Chaudhuri view
Expansion of the Rathor State in Marwar
142-146 Anil Banerjee view
The Execution of Tardi Beg Khan
147-156 Sukumar Ray view
The Problem of Nacre-Silver (Sukti-Rupya) in Indian Philosophy
157-176 Bratindra Sengupta view
The Effect of Candella Invasions on Bengal
177-181 Sisir Mitra view
Padmaprabha Maladhari
182-185 P.B. Drsai view
Small Pox Vaccine—its Introduction under Wellesley
186-189 O.P. Bhatnagar view
A Note on Raghunath Angria
190-191 Upendra Sarkar view
Food and Drink in Medieval India
192-196 K.C. Lal view
Reviews
197-198 N.N. Gupta view
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
199-203 unknown view
Bibliographical Notes
204-204 unknown view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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