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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 ...
Printing machines took more than sixty years to reach East Bengal or Dhaka from Kolkata. The first English weekly newspaper, The Dacca News, was printed and published from Dhaka in 1856. So, it is assumed that after nine years of Rangpur press, the first printing machine of Dhaka was established and the press was named 'Bangla Press'.
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 ...
Primary land survey in progress. 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.
Idilpur Union Parishad is a local government body consists of 9 wards is run by a Union Parishad Chairman is elected by people's vote in every four years. The land administration of this union is served by a Union Land Office. Idilpur is divided into villages or mouzas named Dasherjangal, Mohishkandi, Khordajangal, Moheswarpatty, Dhipur, Char ...
Indian copper plate inscriptions. Indian copper plate inscriptions are historical legal records engraved on copper plates in the Indian subcontinent. [1] Donative inscriptions engraved on copper plates, often joined by a ring with the seal of the donor, were legal documents registering the act of endowment. It was probably necessary to produce ...
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 ...