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of eastem Indian possession of the Mauryas which comprised
Bengal came under the rule of the Sungas. This hypothesis is
corroborated by the discovery of a few terracotta specimens
from different parts of Bengal including Tamluk sub-division
(ancient Tamralipta). The art-specimens of the Sungas found from
the different areas of the spread of Sunga rule namely from
Magadha and other places of South Bihar bear close resemblance.
to the art-specimens found at Tamluk town proper and its adjoining
55 areas. This affinity of art-specimens indicates the inclusion
of Tamralipta janapada within the domain of the Sungas. The rule
of the Kanvas was very short and bears little importance in the
history of northern India in general and of eastern India in
particular. Though many Kushana coins have been found from
different parts of Bengal including Tamluk (ancient Tamralipta),
yet we cannot say definitely whether the Kush膩峁嘺 empire at its
height under Kanishka comprised Bengal including Tamralipta.
A few coins of the Kushana king Huvishka (Circa 106-138 A.D.)
have been found at Tamluk town proper in 1978 and preserved in
57 the Tamralipta Museum and Research Centre. The discovery of
the Kush膩峁嘺 coins at Tamluk may tempt one to conclude that the
ancient janapada of Tamralipta along with other parts of Bengal
was incorporated within the Kushana empire. But this is not a
conclusive proof as we know well that coins had been carried by
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56 55. Das Gupta, K.K., "Rajnaitik Itih膩se Prachin Tamralipta
in Adhikari, I.(Ed.) Itihaser Prekshapate Tamralipta,
P. 112; Maity and Thakur, (Ed.), Indological Studies,p. 136.
56. Maiti, P., op.cit., p. 328.
57. Maity & Thakur, op.cit., p. 136