Chandraketugarh - Oldest Civilization of Bengal - ASI protected monument - Mahenjodaro of Bengal
Chandraketugarh is an archaeological site located beside the Bidyadhari river, about 35 km north-east of Kolkata, India, in the district of North 24 parganas, near the township of Berachampa and the Haroa Road railhead.
Years of excavation have revealed relics of several historical periods, although the chronological classification of the relics remains incomplete.
Finds include Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW) relics, later wares dated from about 400 BC to 100 BC and approximately contemporary with the Maurya period, as well as from the more recent Kushanas and Gupta periods.
According to some historians, the Chandraketugarh site and surrounding area could be the place known to ancient Greek and Roman writers as 'Gangaridai'
Mangalganj Neelkuthi A Unknown Historical Places in North 24 Parganas West Bengal
Mangalganj Neelkuthi A Unknown Historical Places in West Bengal
মঙ্গলগঞ্জ নীলকুঠী This video is about Mangalganj Neelkuthi ( Nilkuthi ) which is situated on the bank of the Ichhamati River, opposite to Parmadan Forest under Bagda Police Station of North 24 Parganas, only 25 Km away from Bangaon Town. It is popular as a picnic spot
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চন্দ্রকেতুগড় বাংলার গুরুত্বপূর্ণ একটি প্রত্নস্থল । পশ্চিমবঙ্গের উত্তর চব্বিশ পরগনা জেলায় এবং কলকাতা শহর থেকে ৭০ কিলোমিটার উত্তর-পূর্ব দিকে একদা ভাগীরথী নদীর অন্যতম প্রবাহ পদ্মা নদী (বর্তমানে অবলুপ্ত) ও বিদ্যাধরী নদীর কূল ঘেঁষে এর অবস্থান । এখানকার দেগঙ্গা রাজপথের সমান্তরালে এক প্রবাহিত নদীর (পদ্মা) শুষ্কখাত এখনো দেখা যায় । এই প্রত্নস্থলটি আনুমানিক ৪০০ থেকে ৮০০ খ্রিস্টপূর্বে গড়ে উঠেছিল ।প্রত্নস্থলটিতে বিভিন্ন সময়ে একাধিকবার উৎখনন পরিচালিত হয়েছে । উৎখননে প্রাপ্ত প্রত্নসামগ্রী চন্দ্রকেতুগড়ের প্রাচীনত্ব ও প্রত্নতাত্ত্বিক গুরুত্ব প্রমাণ করে । এখানকার নিদর্শনাবলির প্রধান অংশ কলকাতার আশুতোষ সংগ্রহশালা ও প্রত্নতাত্ত্বিক জাদুঘরে সংরক্ষিত রয়েছে । এছাড়া বেশ কিছু নিদর্শন শহর এবং শহরের বাইরে ব্যক্তিগত সংগ্রহেও রয়েছে । চন্দ্রকেতুগড়ে প্রাপ্ত পঞ্চচূড় অপ্সরা, নগরশ্রেষ্ঠীর ও গজদন্ত শিল্প ইউরোপ ও মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের নামি সংগ্রহালয়ে রয়েছে ।
প্রত্নস্থলটিতে বর্তমানে দেবালয়, হাদীপুর, বেড়াচাঁপা, শানপুকুর, ঝিক্রা ও ইটাখোলা গ্রামের বিস্তৃত এলাকা জুড়ে প্রাচীন নগর-বসতির চিহ্ন পাওয়া যায় । মাটির তৈরি বিশাল দুর্গপ্রাচীর প্রত্নস্থলটির মূল কেন্দ্র ঘিরে আছে ; যা আকৃতিতে আয়তাকার এবং মোটামুটিভাবে এক বর্গমাইল এলাকা জুড়ে বিস্তৃত । মাটির তৈরি এই দুর্গপ্রাচীরের অভ্যন্তরেই চন্দ্রকেতুগড়, খনা-মিহিরের ঢিবি, ইটাখোলা এবং নুনগোলা ইত্যাদি স্থানে খননের মাধ্যমে প্রাচীন ভারতের নগর-সভ্যতার পাঁচটি পৃথক সাংস্কৃতিক স্তর বা পর্বের সন্ধান পাওয়া গেছে। স্থানটির খনা-মিহিরের ঢিবি অংশের সঙ্গে প্রাচীন ভারতীয় রাজা বিক্রমাদিত্যের সভারত্ন বিখ্যাত জ্যোতির্বিদ বরাহমিহির এবং তাঁর পুত্রবধূ খনার নাম যুক্ত ; লোকপ্রবাদ যে, এখানেই খনা ও বরাহমিহিরের বাসস্থান ছিল । এছাড়া, এখানে দেবালয়-এর রাজা চন্দ্ৰকেতুর নামে একাধিক কিংবদন্তী প্রচলিত আছে (দ্রষ্টব্য: পীর গোরাচাঁদ)। বিভিন্ন ঐতিহাসিকদের মতে, চন্দ্রকেতুগড়ই ছিল সম্ভবত ‘পেরিপ্লাস’ এবং টলেমি সূত্রে উল্লিখিত বিখ্যাত প্রাচীন সমুদ্র-বন্দর 'গঙ্গারিডাই'-এর রাজধানী বা 'গাঙ্গে' বন্দর । এই প্রত্নস্থলটির সঙ্গে জলপথে প্রাচীন ভূমধ্যসাগরীয় অঞ্চল বিশেষত রোমের বাণিজ্যিক যোগসূত্রের সুনিশ্চিত প্রমাণ মিলেছে ।
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এক সময়ে ঐতিহাসিক রাখালদাস বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় এখানে পর্যবেক্ষণ করে গেছেন । কোন কোন ইতিহাসবেত্তা পেরিপ্লাস ও টলেমির বইতে উল্লিখিত গঙ্গারিডইকেই চন্দ্রকেতুগড় বলে মনে করেন ।
কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের আশুতোষ মিউজিয়ামের উদ্যোগে খননকার্যের ফলে কাছের সিঙ্গের আটি, সামপুকুর, বাসাবাটী, ঝিকিরা, দেওয়ান আটি, হাদীপুর, গাজীতলা প্রভৃতি স্থানে নানারকম প্রত্নতাত্ত্বিক নিদর্শন পাওয়া গেছে ।
তার মধ্যে আছে দেব দেবীর মূর্তি, সীলমোহর, মাটির পাত্র, হাতির দাঁতের গহনা, প্রাচীন মুদ্রা, ভূগর্ভস্থ পয়ঃ প্রণালী, আবর্জনা কুন্ড, মন্দিরের ধ্বংসাবশেষ প্রভৃতি ।
বর্তমানে যে জায়গাটি চন্দ্রকেতুগড় নামে পরিচিত সেটি দূর থেকে দেখলে মনেই হবে না যে, পুরনো কোন দুর্গের ধ্বংসাবশেষ । মনে হবে কোন পুকুরের পাড় । এককালে এখানে মাটির নিচে ছিল প্রাচীন জনপদ । বেশ কয়েকবার খননকার্যের ফলে চন্দ্রকেতুগড়ে ৬টি স্তর পাওয়া গেছে। ৬টি স্তরের মধ্যে মৌর্য, কুশান, গুপ্ত, সেন ও পাল যুগের নাগরিক জীবনের মৃত্তিকাবদ্ধ জীবন চিত্রের কিছু নিদর্শন মিলেছে ।
রাজা চন্দ্রকেতুর সঠিক কাল বা তিনি কে ছিলেন তা ঐতিহাসিক গবেষণা সাপেক্ষ । চন্দ্রকেতুগড়ে প্রাকৃতিক দুর্যোগ এড়াতে পোড়া ইঁটের উঁচু প্রাচীর দেওয়া ছিল । সরকারি কর্মীদের আবাস, ধর্মস্হান, বিরাট তোড়ণ ও একটি বিশাল জলাশয় ছিল । গড়ের বহিরাংশে সাজানো নগর, সেনাবাস ও হাতিশালা ছিল।
Around 34 kilometres from the city of Calcutta, removed from the humdrum of the metropolis and still further from its intellectual cacophony, lies an unpretentious yet fascinating site. This is the site of Chandraketugarh, tucked away near a small village called Berachampa in the North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Chandraketugarh remains one of the most important early historic urban coastal sites of eastern India. Though seemingly insignificant, it is far from being such in the works of geographer Ptolemy and the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, two of the most important early non-Indic sources frequently used in historical research, who identify it as the ancient capital of Vanga and possibly of the kingdom of Gangaridae.
The year was 1905. India was dealing with its more immediate problems under British rule. It was also the year when the partition of Bengal happened, a momentous and scarring event in the history of the subcontinent. It was also at this time that Tarak Nath Ghosh, a doctor by profession, had his curiousity and interest aroused by two mounds, surrounded and covered by forestation, with broken bricks and pottery scattered all around and over them. The names were the same as they are now—Khana Mihirer Dhipi and Chandraketugarh—and so was the story about a mysterious king. But nothing else was known.
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Chandraketugarh
Chandraketugarh is an archaeological site located beside the Bidyadhari river, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north-east of Kolkata, India, in the district of North 24 parganas, near the township of Berachampa and the Harua Road railhead.
Years of excavation within 1957-68 (conducted by Asutosh Museum of Indian Art) have revealed relics of several historical periods, although the chronological classification of the relics remains incomplete.
According to some historians, the Chandraketugarh site and surrounding area could be the place known to ancient Greek and Roman writers as having the same name as the river Ganges sometimes referred to as 'Gangaridai'.
Chandraketugarh is thought to be a part of the ancient kingdom Gangaridai that was first described by Ptolemy. The history of Chandraketugarh dates back to almost the 3rd century BC, during the pre-Mauryan era. Artefacts suggest that the site was continuously inhabited and flourished through the Shunga-Kushana period, onwards through the Gupta period and finally into the Pala-Sena period. Archaeological studies suggest that Chandraketugarh was an important town and a port city. It had a high encircling wall complete with a rampart and moat. The residents were involved in various crafts and mercantile activities. Although the religious inclinations of the people are unclear, hints of the beginning of some future cults can be seen in the artefacts. Some of the potteries carry inscriptions in Kharoshthi and Brahmi scripts.
After these periods, there was no such example of any other civilization on the ruin of Chandraketugarh.
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Chadraketugarh - West Bengal Tourism - Mound of Khana Mihir - an excavated temple of pre gupta age
Khana-Mihir Mound (bn:Khana-mihirer Dhipi, hi. Khana-mihir ka tila) also known as (bn:Barahamihirer Dhipi) forms part of huge fortified township named Chandraketugarh. It was first excavated by the Asutosh Museum of Calcutta University in 1956-57 revealing a continuous sequence of cultural remains from 11th century BC pre-mouryan period of 12th century AD Pala period. The most remarkable discovery of the excavation is a polygonal brick temple facing north. This temple has projections on three sides and it is connected with a square vestibule. This temple which was earlier thought to be of Gupta period infact belongs to Pala period which is presumed by its plan architecture and decorative designs. The excavation has also unearthed Buddha image, votive stupas, terracotta plaques depicting Buddha and Jataka stories. Coins, terracotta sealing and different types of beads of early historical and historical periods.
Chandraketugarh is located in Berachampa of North 24 Paraganas District of West Bengal.
বল্লাল ঢিপি | Ballal Dhipi | Ballal Sen | History of India | Bamunpukur Gram | S01E02
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For centuries, a 30-ft mound spread over 1,300 sq ft, has stood at Bamunpukur, a village near Mayapur. The locals call it Ballal Dhipi, named after Ballal Sen, of the Sen dynasty, who ruled Bengal in the late 12th Century AD. It was only in the late 1970s that the mound attracted the attention of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
Scattered Ruins of Ballal Dhipi
Scattered Ruins of Ballal Dhipi
ASI started digging the area in the early 1980s. The work was carried out in two phases — in 1982-83 and 1988-99. The excavation revealed a gigantic brick structure in an extensive yard surrounded by walls. Stucco heads, terracotta human and animal figurines, copper utensils and other objects were found at the site.
It is evident that the structure on top was built over an earlier one. Archaeologists have found traces of renovation and superimposition over the remains of a temple complex. But archaeologist and historians are yet to come to any concrete conclusion about the ruins.
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Stupendious walls of Ballal Dhipi
Stupendious walls of Ballal Dhipi
From the structure it is evident that the upper structure was built over earlier existing structure. Historians also agree and according to them the upper remains dating back to the 12th century AD was built over an earlier structure dating back to the 8th and 9th century AD. Archaeologists have found traces of renovation and superimposition of structures revealing the remains of a Temple complex datable to the 12th century AD.
Portion of Boundary Wall, Ballal Dhipi
Portion of Boundary Wall, Ballal Dhipi
Historians even opine the ruins to be the remains of the lost city of Vijapur, the capital of the Sen dynasty. Vijapur founded by Vijay Sen, father of Ballal Sen, was an advanced urban centre and a metropolis of Sen family. A plaque by Vijay Sen, found in Debpara, text from Pavandoot written by Dhoyi, court poet of Laxman Sen (son of Ballal Sen) and text from Adbhutsagar written by Ballal Sen and Laxman Sen, bolster this claim.
The site is made of solid terracotta bricks, while the floor is made of lime and sand. The tiles and bricks have remarkable Passageway inside Ballal Dhipi
Passageway inside Ballal Dhipi
resembles with those found in Vikramshila Vihar, in Bihar and Shompur Vihar, in Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
The cause of destruction of such a magnificent citadel is not known. As most of the statues and images found were broken, the historians attribute the downfall to human hands. However, possibility of destruction due to natural calamity is not altogether ruled out. Finally historians attribute the downfall on a combination of both natural calamity and human hands.
Trip to Ballal Dhipi: Ballal Dhipi is located on the Krishnagar _ Mayapur road in the Nadia District of West Bengal. Ballal Dhipi is about 125 km from Calcutta (Kolkata). It is best reached by Krishnagar Local followed by a bus journey towards the the well known pilgrimage of Mayapur.
Crocodile Head, probably used as water outlet, Ballal Dhipi
Crocodile Head, probably used as water outlet, Ballal Dhipi
Get down at Bamunpukur Bazar about 10 km before Mayapur. Cross the road and a road leads to the Mound of Ballal Sen. The blue board of ASI, declaring it as a Monument of National Importance, welcomes one to the historical site. The site is remarkably well preserved. A flight of stairs takes you to the top of the mound. On the left are some minor structures but the gigantic structure lies on the right. The structure on the right contains a stucco stone head of a crocodile. Located at a lower portion of the wall it probably served as a water outlet. Sadly this is the only stucco-work in the entire site. The other stucco stone and terracotta figures along with other artifacts have been removed to the Asutosh Museum of Calcutta University.
Diagonal arrangement of Terracotta Bricks, Ballal Dhipi
Diagonal arrangement of Terracotta Bricks, Ballal Dhipi
On the top of the dhipi (mound) the stairs merges to a brick path leading you straight inside the gigantic structure. It ultimately leads to a narrow roof-less passage flanked by high walls on either side, leading you to the backside of the structure, offering a gigantic view of the structure. Apart from the central structure the extensive yard is surrounded on all side by an enclosure wall. The wall, which exists only in fragments in decorated with beautiful brickwork. The wall, which is several feet thick in some places, is enough to explain the sheer magnitude of the structure.
It is a pity that not many people are aware of the wonder of Ballal Dhipi, on the other hand it is a blessing in disguise as you are likely to have the entire archaeological site all to yourself.
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Bhojpuri is spoken in northwesterly Muzaffarpur and the Pirpanti and Golgong constabulary stations of the Bhagalpur district. There are to a greater extent than 10 million Bhojpuri-speaking folks in Bihar. It's mouthed also in the Varanasi and Gorakhpur partitions of Uttar Pradesh. Bhojpuri domains have helped much to the development of Hindu literature. Although Bhojpuri has no such old written literature as Maithili has, the love with which its talkers treasure it's just as large. Bhojpuri is known as after the language of Bhojpur, a part of the Shahabad district.
The Bhojpuri folks hold a discrete and strong custom and were celebrated in the past for their bravery. Bhojpuri is uttered in diverse anatomies and its well-formed structure differs in a lot respects from the other two languages of Bihar. On the whole, its grammar is simpler than that of Maithili and Magahi.
Except in a few kept apart instances, the form of the verb depends only on the subject. Bhojpuri is written in KaithiKaithi, a script ascribed to the Kayasthas, the scribers of India, but this script is nowadays being given up by people in favour of Devanagri. Accumulate of oral literature is present in Bhojpuri in the form of folksongs, folktales and fables and it bursts in proverbs and enigmas. In the deeds of such saintly poets as Kabir, Dharamdas, Dharnidas, Daryadas, and Lakshmi Sakhi, the charm of Bhojpuri is hugeIn modern times, numerous accumulations of ethnic music and literature have been published by; Ram Naresh Tripathi, Krishnadeva Upadhyay, Durga Shankar, Prasad Singh and W. G. Archer, and Sankata Prasad. The famous poem 'Batohia' written by Raghubir Narayan and the play entitled 'Bidesia' by Bhikari Thakur have made history by their popularity. Bhikari Thakur is the people's poet in Bhojpuri and in his poems are reflected the joys and sorrows, the toils and tears of the simple rural folk of his area.
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