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Prince Vijaya & the Bengali Ancestry of Sri Lankans

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Just look at the history of how a Indian community named Bengalis migrated & colonized the island of Sri Lanka & established Independent kingdom.  * Prince Vijaya Singha Prince Vijay Singha is the first historical king of Sinhala who was a Bengali prince from the kingdom of Sinhapura. According to the Mahฤvamล›a, an ancient chronicle of Sri Lanka’s kings written in Pali, there was a kingdom named Singhapura in Vanga, located in the  south-western way Rarh region of Bengal, that's todays Singur in the Hooghly district in West Bengal state of India. The Bengali Prince of Sinhapura named Vijaya Singha sailed on 8 ships to Sri Lanka with 700 of his people in 22 April 543 BC and established the kingdom of Sinhala. Legend describes the Sinhalese as descendants of Vijaya and his people, who would have lived in parts of Sinhapura & Tamralipta port, today’s Hooghly & Purba Medinipur districts of West Bengal. The Mahavamsa mentions another town in Rarh called Banga

Bengal-Tamil Connection : Coins & Clans

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๐Ÿ’  BENGAL-TAMIL CONNECTION ๐Ÿ’   [Image 1 : Gaudiya scripts or Bangla alphabets along with Fish symbol on the coin of King Uttamachola of Chola dynasty] The Bengali connection with Tamils was first discussed when the Gaudiya script or Bengali alphabet was found on the coins Parakesari Madurantaka Uttama Chola (971-985 AD), son of Gangaraditya. Later, various mythological sources suggest that the origin of the Tamils ​​was in the Tamalitti (Tamralipta) port of the south-western region of Bengal, and the name Tamil is a short form of the Prakrit word Tamalitti. The Tamraliptas mentioned in the Vayupurana and Vishnupurana were the inhabitants of Bangala and the adjacent sea coast who migrated from Tamalitti (Tamaralipti) and went to South India to form the new Tamil nation. The name Tamil appears to be only an abbreviation of the word Tamalitti. The Tamraliptas were inhabitants of Bengal & adjoining sea coasts in the Vayu and Vishnu Purans. They were known as Tamil, most pro

Bravehearts of Noakhali - The Great Noakhali Retaliation 1946

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***[[ ๐•‹๐•™๐•– ๐”พ๐•ฃ๐•–๐•’๐•ฅ โ„•๐• ๐•’๐•œ๐•™๐•’๐•๐•š โ„๐•–๐•ฅ๐•’๐•๐•š๐•’๐•ฅ๐•š๐• ๐•Ÿ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿก๐Ÿœ๐Ÿž ]]*** ● Bravehearts of Noakhali :  ⚜️ Shri Rajendralal Roy Chowdhury  ⚜️ Shri Krishnamohan Roy ⚜️ Shri Chittaranjan Dutta Chowdhury  More or less many people know about the many days of horrific riot in Noakhali and adjacent areas during the Kojagari Lakshmi Puja period of 1946. But in the meantime, many Bengalis have fought to protect their land, thousands of years of culture. So maybe the worship of Lakshmi is still intact in Noakhali today. Here are the reports of three such fighters - ★ ๐’๐ก๐ซ๐ข ๐‘๐š๐ฃ๐ž๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐จ๐ฒ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ - Rajendralal RoyChowdhury was the Zamindar of Karpara, President of Noakhali Hindu Mahasabha & also the President of Noakhali District Bar Association, who led the armed retaliation of Hindus during Noakhali riot.  On 10 and 11 October 1946, he fought the M league goons steadily with his rifle. He also gave security to Swami Tryambakananda of B

GajaLakshmi Worship in Gangaridai Civilization

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Worship of Debi Gรตjรต-Lลkkhฤซ in Gangaridae Civilization  ๐Ÿช™  ลšubha Dhanatraแบลdaล›ฤซ   ๐Ÿช™ On this day, the Vaishya merchant community of Bengal - the Baแน‡ikas take a vow to worship their goddess GajaLakแนฃmฤซ. During the heyday of the ancient Gangaridai civilization, the Gangazha merchants used to trade in Sinhala, Java, Sumatra, Rome, Greece, Crete with huge cargo ships and returned home with huge wealth. At that time, Pippali spice of Bengal was in great demand in the world. Pliny lamented that all Rome's gold would have been spent buying Pippali from the Gangaridai. Many famous merchants like Banik Chandrapati, Banik Pundarik, Banik Jambhalamitra, Banik Dhanpati Shresthi have traded in the foreign and the stories of their huge ships, Saptadingha, Madhukar Dinga have become legends. Picture : Gangaridai era Gaja-Lakshmi/Gรตjรต-Lลkkhฤซ murti from Chandraketugarh, West Bengal. Gold came from foreign trade, through the export of various cash crops of Bengal abroad. Alth

Ancient Durga Puja & Pratimas of Bengal

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|| Ancient Durga Puja & Pratimas of Bengal ||  1) Raja Surath's Durga Puja of Garh Jangal, Medhas Ashram, Treta yuga, Paschim Bardhaman [First Ever Durga Puja in World]. The Ashram of Medhas Muni _________________________________________ 2) Pandu Rajar Dhibi - Pakshi-Matrika (mother bird deity)  _________________________________________ 3) Gangaridae Era Dashayudha Matrika with Parshwa-Sahacharas, Chandraketugarh, 700 BC-100 AD  This Gangaridai era (BCE) antique from Chandraketugarh, Bengal depicting the Bali of male goat in front of Devi Dashayudha. Bali pratha is integral part of Durga Puja having it's deep rooted history.  _________________________________________ 4) Gupta era Dashabhuja matrika seal from Bengal.  _________________________________________ 5) Ashtabhuja Durga of Gaudeshwar Shashanka's rule , 7th Century ________________