Gaudapedia

Bengal-Portugal Connection : The Gallant Commanders  ☣️ || 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖊𝖓𝖌𝖆𝖑-𝕻𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖚𝖌𝖆𝖑 𝕮𝖔𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 || ☣️ The Portuguese first set foot in Bengal in the first half of the 16th century, for the purpose of trade because of the then world demand for finest Maslin textile industry of Bengal. Entering through the Sundarbans Straits in the western part of Bengal, they took permission from Maharaja Satyanarayan Rayamukhuty in Bhurishreshta kingdom and built a settlement at Saptagram (Satgaon) port on the banks of the Hooghly River. On the other hand, they built business centers in Dhaka and Chattagram (Chittagong) in Eastern Bengal. They call the two ports in two different side by two names - ⛵ ∆ ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕞 (Chittagong) - Porto de Grande  ⛵ ∆ 𝕊𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕞 (Satgaon) - Porto de Pequeno From the late 16th century to the 17th century, they served as mercenaries in the armies of the kings of Bengal in their war against the Mughals. Firstly many of them

|| Artillery of Bengal - Cannons from our History (11th-18th century) ||          ★ 11th Century  (Pala Empire) : The prominent city of Gauda called Bangarh or Devikot was built more than 1500 years ago centering on the two Dinajpur of West Bengal and Naogaon of Bangladesh. It is associated with memories from the Mahabharata era to the Pala-Sena period. The structure, Architecture and spirituality of this huge city have been discussed earlier.                       The Gaudiya Pala Empire on its highest expansion under rule of Gaudeshwara Paramabhattaraka Devapala (810-850 AD) The Military Strategy of this ancient Gauda was discussed in the year 2000. The holy river Punarbhava of Purana has passed by Bangarh. Local children suddenly discover some black spherical objects from the banks of this river. Achintyakrishna Goswami Mahashay, a Historian, was a Professor at Balurghat College at that time. He bought some of those spherical objects and kept them in the Muse

Hindu Resistance of Ishan-Vanga Srihatta - Samudratanaya Maharaja Gaur Govinda -  the Hindu Monarch of Srihatta of defeated Turkic Invaders 3 times  Samudratanaya Maharaja Sri Gour Gobinda Srihattadhishweravyah Samudratanaya Maharaja Gauda Govinda (শ্রীহট্টাধীশ্বেরভ্য: সমুদ্রতনয় মহারাজ গৌড় গোবিন্দ/श्रीहट्टाधीश्वरव्य: समुद्रतनय महाराज गौड़ गोविंद)  was the 21st Monarch of medieval Srihatta janapada's  Gour Kingdom  in the Ishana-Vanga. He is described as a very conservative  Hindu  ruler whose reign started in 1260. He is honoured for his tremendous military power and for defeating the Turk invaders of Lakhnauty three times.  In early thirteen century, Sribhumi was ruled by Maharaja Jayananda. His three sons Srinanda, Upananda and Govardhan became embroiled in a quarrel. This conflict gradually took the shape of a civil war. After defeating Upananda, Maharaja Gaur Govardhan became the ruler of Brahmachal. He ruled Srihatta as a feudal lord of the c

Rule of the Bengalis on Himachal - Pala dynasty & Sena dynasty  The Royal Chronicles of Himachal kings called the 'Banshavali', which was published by A.F.P. Harcourt in his Himalayan Districts of Kooloo, Laboul and Spiti (1871) but which is no longer available, claims to bridge both the early and later periods of Kullu's history; for while the last Kullu ruler flourished in the nineteenth century A.D., the first one, the founder of the dynasty, is presented in the genealogy as having lived at a remote period. The Banshavali records the names of total 88 Bengali kings who ruled in Kullu of Himachal. These eighty-eight kings are all said to have belonged to one and the same dynasty, there having been no change of dynasty throughout the entire period, although the kingdom did not always pass down from father to son. The first seventy-three kings had the suffix Pall the seventy-fourth, Siddha Pal added Singh to his name, and Siddha Pal Singh's fourteen succ

🏚️ Famous Rathayatras of Bengal, from Devotion, History & Heritage✨  1. Mahesh Rath Yatra :   The 2nd Biggest Rathayatra of World is the Māhēśh Rathayatra of Bengal, having been celebrated since 626 years. In 1396 Dhrubananda Brahmachari, a great Jagannath devotee started this Rathyatra in Mahesh, Srirampur. Sri Chaitanya christened Mahesh as 'Nava Nīlāchala'. 2. Bishnupur Rath Yatra : The 457-year-old Rathayatra of Bishnupur started under the patronage of the Malla dynasty kings of Bengal. Bishnupurraj Bir Hambir Malla built a stone chariot in 1565 AD. In the 17th century, Raja Bir Singha started the Rathyatra with procession. 3. Mahishadal Rath Yatra : One of the traditional Rathyatras of Bengal is of Mahishadal in Medinipur. The history of Mahishadal's Rathyatra is 256 y/o. The Queen of Mahishadal Rani Janaki built this chariot in 1766 AD. Referring to the diary of Dewan Anand Ghosh,