Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Gauḍa (also known as Gaur, Gour, [1] Lakhnauti, Lakshmanavati and Jannatabad) is a historic city of Bengal in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, [2] and one of the most prominent capitals of classical and medieval India, being the capital city of Bengal under several kingdoms.
According to some sources the city of Gauda was founded by King Shankaladeva. He, originally, was a native of Kannauj . In the book, History of Hindostan (originally translated from the book Gulshan-i-Ibrahimi written by Firishta ), it has been stated that Shankaladeva (Sinkol) was a native of Kannauj (Kinoge) and established the city of Gauda ...
The Taraf Kingdom, founded by Syed Nasiruddin, was transformed into a hub of Islamic and linguistic education. Prominent writers and poets hailing from medieval Taraf and its surrounding areas included Syed Shah Israil (Sylhet's first author), Muhammad Arshad , Syed Pir Badshah and Syed Rayhan ad-Din .
Gaur/Gour, as it is spelled mostly in modern times, refers to Lakhnauti the ruined city located on the India-Bangladesh border. Most of the former citadel is located in present-day the Malda district of West Bengal , India, while a smaller part is located in Chapainawabganj District of Bangladesh .
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 ...
The Gour Kingdom bordered the independent Bengali principality of Lakhnauti ruled by the Muslim Sultan Shamsuddin Firoz Shah of the Balban dynasty. The war began when Burhanuddin , a Muslim living in the village of Tultikar, sacrificed a cow for his newborn son's aqiqah or celebration of birth. [ 6 ]
Jaintia Kingdom: 500 – 1835 CE: Gauda Kingdom: 590 – 626 CE: Laur kingdom: 600 - 1565 CE: Harikela kingdom: 600 - 650 CE: Gour Kingdom: 600 – 1303 CE: Khadga dynasty: 650 – 750 CE: Bhadra dynasty: c. 700s CE: Pala Empire: 750 – 1100 CE: Chandra dynasty: 900 – 1050 CE: Sena dynasty: 1070 – 1320 CE: Deva dynasty: 1100 – 1250 CE ...