Gauḍa

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Gauḍa is a historical region and cultural-geographical area in eastern India, traditionally associated with parts of present-day West Bengal and Bangladesh.

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Gauḍa canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
associatedWithCity Gaur (medieval city) NERFINISHED
associatedWithDynasty Gauda Kingdom rulers
Pala dynasty NERFINISHED
Sena dynasty NERFINISHED
associatedWithLanguage Bengali NERFINISHED
Sanskrit NERFINISHED
associatedWithPolity Gauda Kingdom NERFINISHED
capitalOf Gauḍa Kingdom NERFINISHED
country India
culturalInfluenceOn Bengali literature
Bengali religious traditions
culturalRegionOf Bengal NERFINISHED
ethnoCulturalAssociation Bengali people NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Gaur NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeTransliteration Gauda NERFINISHED
hasEtymologyLanguage Sanskrit
historicalCenter Gaur (near present-day Malda, West Bengal) NERFINISHED
historicalEconomyBasedOn agriculture
riverine trade
historicallyIncluded parts of present-day Bangladesh
parts of present-day West Bengal
historicalNameFor parts of Bengal
historicalPeriod classical India
early medieval India
historicalStatus kingdom center
knownFor political importance in early medieval Bengal
role in the formation of Bengali culture
locatedIn South Asia
eastern India
locatedNear Ganges River basin NERFINISHED
mentionedAsRegionIn Puranic texts
medieval travel accounts
mentionedIn Sanskrit literary sources
early medieval inscriptions
overlapsWith Rarh region (in some historical usages) NERFINISHED
partOf Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED
predecessorOf later Bengal Sultanate regions
regionType cultural-geographical area
religionHistoricallyPracticed Buddhism
Hinduism NERFINISHED
Jainism NERFINISHED
strategicImportance control of lower Ganges plains
traditionallyAssociatedWith Bangladesh NERFINISHED
West Bengal NERFINISHED

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Gauda alternativeName Gauḍa