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Bogra is considered the oldest city of Bengal, dating to the reign of the Great Emperor Ashoka, who ruled India from 268 to 232 BCE. When Ashoka conquered the Bengal (Bongo) region, he founded Bogra and called it Pundra Bardhan .
The region bounded by the Padma in the south, Ganges in the west and either the Karatoya or the Jamuna in the east was known as Pundra, Pundravardhana or Paundravardhan, comprising the modern areas of Rajshahi, Bogra, Pabna in Bangladesh, Dinajpur (both of India and Bangladesh) and ancient varendra. According to the Damodarpur copperplate inscription of the time of Budhagupta (c 476-94 AD) the ...
e. This is a list of rulers of Bengal. For much of its history, Bengal was split up into several independent kingdoms, completely unifying only several times. In ancient times, Bengal consisted of the kingdoms of Pundra, Suhma, Vanga, Samatata and Harikela. In the 4th century BCE, during the reign of the Nanda Empire, the powerful rulers of ...
No.PortraitNameTook Office2218 November 2022Incumbent—La. Ganesan (additional charge)18 July 202217 November 20222130 July 201917 July 20222024 July 201429 July 2019Bogra, city, northwestern Bangladesh. It lies on the west bank of the Karatoya River, which is a tributary of the Jamuna River (the name of the Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh). Easy accessibility by road and railway makes Bogra a commercial centre for the southern Barind region, between the upper Padma ( Ganges [Ganga]) and Jamuna rivers.
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There are several theories regarding the word 'Pundra'. According to one theory the word 'Pundra' comes from a disease called 'Pandu'. The land where most of the people suffered from that disease was called Pundrakshetra (land of Pundra). A second theory is that the land where the Punda species of sugarcane was extensively grown was called Pundrade...
Some 10 kilometre northeast of Bogra stands Mahasthan, on the banks of the river Karatoya celebrated in ancient literature as a sacred river. Karatoya was once a mighty river before its parent stream – the Teesta or Trisrota (meaning combined flow of three rivers – the Karatoya, the Pundrabhava and the Atrai) flowing down from the Jalpaiguri sudden...
The Arthashastra of Kautilya, mentioned about the Silk of Pundra which was smooth like emerald and also similar to Magadhi Silk . Varahamihira, writing in the 6th century AD, mentions in his Brhatsamhita the name of six janapadas in the eastern region: Paundra. Vanga, Samatata, Vardhamana, Gaudaka and Tamraliptaka. Important cities and settlements ...
A visitor to Mahasthan / Pundranagar is impressed by the city walls enclosing an area of 22,500,000 sq. feet. The citadel (see map alongside), the fortified heart of the ancient city, is rectangular in plan, measuring roughly 1.523 km long from north to south, and 1.371 km from east to west, with high and wide ramparts in all its wings. The Karatoy...
Punadranagar which was first discovered by Sir Alexander Cunninghamwho visited the place in 1879 and was not pleased to see the site. Sir Alexander Cunningham wrote; But Sir Alexander was correct in assuming that the Chinese pilgrim's description of Pundravardhana (Pan-na-fa-tan-na as he wrote in Chinese) came close to this walled city in ruins. He...
Explorations during the British period under the direction of K.N.Dixit and during the Pakistan period under N. Ahmed have led to a renewed interest in the past of a nation that can now trace its history back to the 4th century BC. A French archaeological team has been busy with the exploration of the site since 1991 under Jean- Francois Salle. The...
Chowdhury, AM (2012). "Pundranagara". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.Jan 2, 2015 · In 1281-1290 AD, Sultan Nasiruddin Bugra Khan, the second son of the emperor of Delhi Sultan Giyasuddin Balban became the ruler of Bengal. Bogra was named after him. The anti British Fakir-Sannyasi movement spread over Bogra region since the early British rule. The Indigo Rebellion spread over Bogra in mid 19th century.
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Study and Travel Bangladesh in 29 Days. Bogra is the first Hindu capital from the 3rd century B.C. and holds a variety of important archaeological sites, including a number of stupas, mausoleums, mosques, temples, Rajbaris (land lord’s palaces), British-era buildings, a flat green landscape, chars, rivers, and vibrant local culture.
