Gauda Kingdom

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The Gauda Kingdom was an early medieval polity in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent that laid the groundwork for later regional powers such as the Pala Empire.

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Label Occurrences
Gauda Kingdom canonical 2
Gauda kingdom 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early medieval polity
former country
historical kingdom
administrativeLanguage Sanskrit
associatedDynasty Shashanka dynasty
borderedBy Dimasa Kingdom
surface form: Kamarupa

Magadha
Oder River
surface form: Odra
capital Karnasubarna
conflictWith Harsha
Kamarupa Kingdom
continent Asia
culturalSphere Indic civilization
currencyType gold coins
silver coins
era Early Middle Ages
flourishedInCentury 6th century
7th century
early 8th century
governmentType monarchy
historicalRegionOverlap Radha
Vanga
historicalSignificance precursor to regional imperial formations in Bengal
knownFor early political unification of Bengal
laying groundwork for Pala Empire
languageUsed Sanskrit
locatedIn Bengal
surface form: Bengal region

South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent
locatedInPresentDay People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

India
mentionedInSource Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang’s accounts
inscriptions of Shashanka
notableRuler Shashanka
surface form: Maharajadhiraja Shashanka

Shashanka
partOfHistoricalRegion Gauda
politicalCenter western Bengal
predecessor Gupta Empire
Later Guptas
surface form: Later Gupta dynasty
regionType eastern India
religion Buddhism
Hinduism
scriptUsed Brahmi-derived scripts
successor Bengal Sultanate
Pala Empire
timePeriod circa 6th–early 8th century CE
titleOfRuler Maharaja
surface form: Maharajadhiraja

Referenced by (3)

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Pala Empire precededBy Gauda Kingdom
Later Guptas successor Gauda Kingdom
this entity surface form: Gauda kingdom
Gauda associatedDynasty Gauda Kingdom