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The Gour kingdom was one of the greater of the many petty kingdoms of the medieval Sylhet region. According to legend, it was founded by Gurak, off-shooting from Kamarupa 's Jaintia kingdom in 630. Much of its early history is considered legendary or mythological up until Navagirvana who is mentioned in the Bhatera copper-plate inscriptions.
During the seventh century, the Gauda Kingdom was founded by King Shashanka, whose reign corresponds with the beginning of the Bengali calendar. [3] Gour gradually became synonymous with Bengal and Bengalis. It was conquered by Bakhtiyar Khalji, a lieutenant of the Ghurid ruler Muhammad of Ghori in 1203.
By 605 C.E. following Mahasenagupta's death, Shashanka had established what became known as the Gauda kingdom. From there, he issued gold coins to celebrate his triumph, and came to be addressed as Maharajadhiraja (king of great kings). According to some sources the city of Gauda was founded by King Shankaladeva.
Jaidev Rai was appointed to govern Brahmachal under the Tripura king. The penultimate Raja Govardhan of Gour was killed in a battle against Kuki rebels and the Jaintia Kingdom in 1260. He would be succeeded by his nephew, Gour Govinda, who would reunite Northern Sylhet (Gour) and
The Gour Kingdom during his reign became so powerful to such an extent that it was described to be "free of enemies". [2] Govinda would carry on the tradition of using stones (shila) to guard the capital; from which the name of Shilhot came into existence. [10] Govinda's kingdom bordered Bengal to the west which was ruled by the Muslim Balban ...
Gangadhwaj Govardhan, 20th king of the Gour Kingdom; Madan Rai, penultimate minister of Gour; Amar Singh, military general and short-lasted minister of Brahmachal under Govardhan; Jaidev Rai, governor of Brahmachal (southern Sylhet) under Tripura Kingdom; Gour Govinda, final king of the Gour Kingdom, defeated in the Conquest of Sylhet
The Jaintia Kingdom was a kingdom in present-day some parts of Bangladesh's Sylhet Division, India's Meghalaya state and Nagaon, Morigoan district of Assam. It was partitioned into three in 630 AD by Raja Guhak for his three sons, into the Jaintia Kingdom, Gour Kingdom and Laur Kingdom. It was annexed by the British East India Company in 1835 ...
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