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    Pundravardhana or Pundra kingdom (Sanskrit: Puṇḍravardhana), was an ancient kingdom of Iron Age India located in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent...
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    many small and mid-sized companies are sited. Bogra was a part of the Pundravardhana territory of ancient Bengal and the ruins of its capital can be found...
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    was called Pundranagara or Paundravardhanapura in the territory of Pundravardhana. A limestone slab bearing six lines in Prakrit in Brahmi script recording...
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    Indian state of West Bengal and Eastern Bihar. It formed part of the Pundravardhana or Pundra Kingdom region currently part of Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh...
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    brother – Vitashoka. According to the Ashokavadana, a non-Buddhist in Pundravardhana drew a picture showing the Buddha bowing at the feet of the Nirgrantha...
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  • Pakistan) Prayag (modern day Prayagraj) Pratishthana (modern day Paithan) Pundravardhana Pudumadam புதுமடம் Puri Pushkar Rajagriha Now as Rajgir Rajahmahendravaram...
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    Vedic realms were present in the Bengal region, including Vanga, Rarh, Pundravardhana and the Suhma kingdom. One of the earliest foreign references to Bengal...
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    one of its sections) mention that in one instance, a non-Buddhist in Pundravardhana drew a picture showing the Buddha bowing at the feet of Mahavira. On...
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    friendly city in Bangladesh. Modern Rajshahi lies in the ancient region of Pundravardhana. The foundation of the city dates to 1634, according to epigraphic records...
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    thought to ultimately derive from) in the south, Rāṛha in the west, Puṇḍravardhana and Varendra in the north, and Samataṭa and Harikela in the east.[citation...
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    and Medinipur division. Its neighbors included Samatata in the east; Pundravardhana in the north; and Magadha, Anga, Suhma and Rarha in the west. The Vanga...
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    through several kingdoms, including Iranaparvata, Champa, from there to Pundravardhana and Sylhet (in present-day Bangladesh. There Xuanzang found 20 monasteries...
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    Part of a series on the History of Bengal Ancient Kingdoms Pundravardhana Vanga Suhma Rarha Samatata Anga Harikela Pragjyotisha Classical Dynasties Gangaridai...
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    Pundranagara (or Paundravardhanapura), an ancient city in the territory of Pundravardhana. This place is considered sacred to Buddhists, Muslims, and Hindus alike...
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    present-day state of Orissa ruled by Shashanka. There is mention of Pundravardhana being part of Gauda in certain ancient records. Not much is known about...
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    boat, reaching the ancient city of Mahasthangarh, the capital of the Pundravardhana kingdom, ruled by Narsingh Parshuram of the Bhoj Garh dynasty. Balkhi...
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    ponds, orchards, flowers and pleasure gardens. Pundanagar within the Pundravardhana Bhukti suggests it to have been a part of the early historical empires...
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  • (territorial division), itself part of the wider administrative unit of Pundravardhana Bhukti, which had Mahasthangarh as its capital in the period of Chandras...
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    was divided between various kingdoms. 700–200 BC: Inhabited by the Pundravardhana culture Since 100,000 BC humans have been settled on Bangladesh, although...
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    travelled from Champa (recent Bhagalpur) to Kajangala and then proceeded to Pundravardhana (recent Bangladesh) in the 7th century AD. He says that the northern...
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    Tamralipti and Karnasuvarna in West Bengal, Samataṭa in East Bengal, and Pundravardhana in North Bengal (currently in Bangladesh), indicating the widespread...
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    Part of a series on the History of Bengal Ancient Kingdoms Pundravardhana Vanga Suhma Rarha Samatata Anga Harikela Pragjyotisha Classical Dynasties Gangaridai...
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    Bengal, and parts of Assam) Iron Age India, Vedic India, Suhma kingdom, Pundravardhana, Vanga kingdom 1500 – c. 500 BCE Gangaridai, Nanda Empire 500 – c. 350...
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    Pundranagara was the provincial capital of the Maurya Empire. Gour and Pundravardhana formed parts of the Mourya empire as is evinced from the inscriptions...
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    Part of a series on the History of Bengal Ancient Kingdoms Pundravardhana Vanga Suhma Rarha Samatata Anga Harikela Pragjyotisha Classical Dynasties Gangaridai...
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  • names him as Ekavihārika. Divyavadana narrates a story of someone in Pundravardhana and then again at Pataliputra who drew a picture of the Buddha bowing...
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    Part of a series on the History of Bengal Ancient Kingdoms Pundravardhana Vanga Suhma Rarha Samatata Anga Harikela Pragjyotisha Classical Dynasties Gangaridai...
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    Govardhana and Jayapala, King of Kamarupa. He snatched away a part of Pundravardhana, then under the sovereign rule of Kamarupa. Harivarman, under whom Bhatta...
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    times. Archaeological evidence suggests that the area was part of the Pundravardhana kingdom, which flourished between the 4th century BCE and the 6th century...
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    Part of a series on the History of Bengal Ancient Kingdoms Pundravardhana Vanga Suhma Rarha Samatata Anga Harikela Pragjyotisha Classical Dynasties Gangaridai...
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