THE TRUE NAME OF BENGAL IS Gaur- as is explained in this article and the reason of Change-Study of Historical Geography if pursued lays bare a lot of fallacious myth’s, Hindu Pundit’s have always been first to, distort any history which does not confirm with their myth’s, The fate of ‘Gaur’ too came under their knife, as it, reflected the Buddhist Past of this region, which later came to be termed as Bengal. The Hindu- Brahman stresses purely on a conjecture that, according to their own records, ‘Bengal’ is the abode of one their umpteen gods,’Banga’,and where this abode actually is located will be explained later in this article, I quote from the first translation of Ayeen e Akbari, by Francis Galdwin 1783 edition page 300,it is written,that,’Bungaleh,originally was called Bung; it derived the additional AL, from that being the name given to the mounds of earth which ancient kings caused to be raised in the low lands :their breadth was usually twenty cubits,and height ten cubits’.,as per narration given,’Bungal’ means,land of ,Cause-ways,dykes & embankments,to contain floods,from the rivers and numerous creeks and tributaries which criss-crossed the landscape. The first Muslim writer giving specific notice of the capital city of Gaur,from which through-out the past ages this region is termed,and called as such, as long as,’ Gaur’ was,dominated it controlled the whole later Bengal, during the long Buddhist rule,even testified by Fa-Hien who travelled all over,and visited this region in his quest to collect Budhhist Scriptures between 399-412 AD,had found only Buddhism as the sole religion in full bloom,later,came Hwen Ts’ang in the 7th Century,followed by Khi-Nie and his group of Buddhist monks 964-976 AD all in quest of scriptures,& he too reported of Buddhism flourishing as the main religion in the region under study.Meaning there was No Brahmanism or Hinduism as it is termed these days. Reverting now to Minhaj-Usman the author of famed ,’Tabaqat i Nasiri’ completed in 1260 AD,who visited Lakhnaoti,in 1243 AD,according,to his book’s best translation done by Major.H.G.Raverty in 1881 AD,Vol l, page-559 foot-note 2,he gives copious references, in crux, he states,’…that the ancient name of the city was ‘Gaur’ afterwards it changed to ‘Lakhanawati’,subsequently reverted back to Gaur again.” Emperor Humayun named it ‘Bakht-abad’….”.However in Ayeen Akbari, as translated by francis galdwin and quoted earlier,page-303,states,’Jenutabad is a very ancient city,and was once the capital of Bengal,Formerly it was called Lucknowty,and before that Gaur,…..’’ pakpotpourri2.wordpress/2013/12/27/the-myth-of-bengali-nationalism/
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