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Kesavasena Copperplate. Edilpur Copperplate ( Bengali: ইদিলপুর তাম্রলিপি) was found in a char land dug of Edilpur zamindari under Shariatpur District of Bangladesh about 120 miles directly east of Calcutta. Baboo Conoylal Tagore of Tagore zamindari has presented the plate to Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1838, but ...
History of printing and publishing in Dhaka. It can not be said with certainty where the first printing press was set up in Bangladesh. It is conjectured that the first printing press in Bangladesh was in Rangpur during 1847, about 335 kilometres (208 mi) away from Dhaka. The first printed piece from this printing press was a weekly newspaper ...
Chandrapur University or Srichandrapur University is a 10th century educational institution and monastery. Srichandra, a ruler of the Chandra dynasty, established it in 935 CE on 20,000 acres (8,100 ha). [2][1] Efforts by the Archaeological Department of Bangladesh to locate the original ruins are ongoing. [1]
The copperplate was inscribed by an engraver named Haradās. [3] It is a written document issued during the Kamboja Pala dynasty in Bengal. [8] [11] It was engraved in a 17.5-by-12-inch (440 mm × 300 mm) plate made of copper. The copperplate and seal weigh 24 pounds (11 kg). [2] There is a seal centered atop the copperplate.
The Nidhanpur copperplate inscription of the 7th-century Kamarupa king Bhaskaravarman gives a detailed account of land grants given to Brahmins. It records land grants to more than two hundred vaidika brahmanas belonging to 56 gotras. [1] The copper plates were found mostly in Panchakhanda pargana (now in Bangladesh) where, according to ...
Paramara ruler Siyaka's Harsola copperplate copper plate of 949 CE. One of the most important sources of history in the Indian subcontinent are the royal records of grants engraved on copper-plates (tamra-shasan or tamra-patra; tamra means copper in Sanskrit and several other Indian languages). Because copper does not rust or decay, they can ...
The history of printing starts as early as 3000 BCE, when the proto-Elamite and Sumerian civilizations used cylinder seals to certify documents written in clay tablets. Other early forms include block seals, hammered coinage, pottery imprints, and cloth printing. Initially a method of printing patterns on cloth such as silk, woodblock printing ...
Nidhanpur. Coordinates: 24.805°N 92.155°E. Nidhanpur is a village in Sylhet District, Bangladesh. This ancient village, earlier within Kamarupa Kingdom, is known for discovery of many Copper plate grants of Kamarupa kings such as Bhutivarman and Bhaskaravarman. [1] Inscription of Bhaskaravarman gives detailed account of land grants given to ...