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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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Source: Shodhganga: New look on the kushan bengaliChandraketugarh in North 24 Parganas district is an excavated site revealing Kushan presence.—The 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°41 ' latitude and 88°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 Tīrthaṅkara Ṛṣabhanātha (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)
Yakṣa art from Amarāvatī < [Chapter 5 - Impact of Amarāvatī Art]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 1 - Urban model of Rājagṛha < [Chapter II - Origin and Function of Rājagṛha as the seat of Monarchy]
Part 2 - Urbanity Theories and the Early Indian Context < [Introduction]
Some Guhyas and Ganas < [January – March, 1987]