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Tamralipta

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Tamralipta 

(present-day Tamluk), a city in India, in what is now West Bengal State; situated on the western boundary of the Ganges River delta. Until the tenth or 11th century, it was a major commercial port.

Tamralipta evidently originated in the fifth or fourth century B.C. In antiquity and early medieval times, its location in the Ganges River valley made the city a natural outlet to the sea for the richest and most populous area of India. Tamralipta handled cargo for trade with Southeast Asian countries, southern India, and Ceylon. The growth of the Ganges delta deprived Tamralipta of its advantage as a convenient harbor, and the city declined. Tamralipta was also a center of Buddhism.



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It may be pointed out here in this connection that the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang who visited Bengal in 638 CE immediately after Sasanka's reign, has referred to the existence of four kingdoms in Bengal- Pundravardhana (northern Bengal) with 20 monasteries and 3,000 monks; Samatata (southeastern Bangladesh) with 30 monasteries and 2,000 monks; Tamralipta (modern Tamluk and adjoining areas) with 10 monasteries and 1,000 monks; and Karnasuvarna (Murshidabad) with 10 monasteries and 2,000 monks.
 
 
 
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