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Chandraketugarh means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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: Shodhganga: New look on the kushan bengaliChandraketugarh in North 24 Parganas district is an excavated site revealing Kushan presence.鈥擳he archaeological excavations at Chandraketugarh has brought to light the evidence of the Kushan occupation of this city. This site of lower Bengal located on 22掳41 ' latitude and 88掳42" longitude within the jurisdiction of Deganga police station in the north 24 Parganas, about 35 km north-east of Kolkata in present west Bengal. This site is situated in moribund delta of the Ganga-Brahmaputra river system and beside the river Vidyadhari, once an important tributary of the Bhagirathi
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Jain Remains of Ancient Bengal (by Shubha Majumder)
Archaeological sites in Chandraketugarh (North Twenty Four Parganas) < [Chapter 4 - Distribution of Sites Yielding Jaina Remains]
Images of T墨rtha峁卥ara 峁氠梗abhan膩tha (Introduction) < [Chapter 6 - Iconographic Study of Jaina Sculptural Remains]
Museum Collections or Recovered from Ponds < [Chapter 5 - Jaina Architectural and Sculptural Remains]
Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
Yak峁 art from Amar膩vat墨 < [Chapter 5 - Impact of Amar膩vat墨 Art]
Roman Egypt to peninsular India (patterns of trade) (by Sunil Gupta)
Reconstruction of Mouths of Ganga (as identified by Ptolemy) < [Chapter 4 - Archaeological review of Indo-Roman trade]
3. Eastern India and Roman sea-trade鈥擨ntroduction < [Chapter 5 - Archaeology of Roman Maritime Commerce]
3.1. Lower Bengal and Roman sea-trade < [Chapter 5 - Archaeology of Roman Maritime Commerce]
South-Indian Horizons (by Jean-Luc Chevillard)
Chapter 7 - Ancient Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu: Maritime Trade < [Section 3 - Studies in History, Epigraphy and Archaeology]
Scythian Elements in early Indian Art (by Swati Ray)
Other areas of influnce of the Saka-Pahlava art < [Chapter 6 - Scythian (Saka) elements in the Later Art of India]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 1 - Urban model of R膩jag峁沨a < [Chapter II - Origin and Function of R膩jag峁沨a as the seat of Monarchy]
Part 2 - Urbanity Theories and the Early Indian Context < [Introduction]