Urbanisation in the Pre-colonial BengalCentre for Urban Economic Studies, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, 2001 - Urbanization - 91 pages With reference to Bengal, India from 1100 to 1757 A.D. |
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6th century Abid Ali accounts agriculture Arab architecture artisans Banga Barbossa Battuta became Bhagirathi Bihar Bikrampur Brahmans Brajadulal brick Buddhist buildings built Calcutta Campos capital of Bengal Chakrabarti Chattopadhyay Chittagong coins copper plates crafts decline described Dhaka Dilip Kumar Duarte dynasty East economy empire European Fa Hien Frederick Engels Ganga Gaur Ghosh Goswami guild Gupta empire Hien Hooghly Hunter important India inscriptions Karl and Frederick Kashim Bazar Khan king land latter located Ma Huan major Manrique Marx Maurya mentioned merchants miles Mogol monasteries mosque Murshidabad Nihar Ranjan Niranjan North Bengal organised Paharpur Pandua Patuliputra population port Portuguese probably Pundrabardhan Rahim Rajmahal river ruins rulers ruling rural Samatata Saptagram Satgaon settlement Shah Sharma silk Sjoberg Sonargaon specialisation stone Stup surplus Sutanuti Tamralipta Tanda temples terracotta textile trade Thakur towns urban centre urbanisation in Bengal Vartthema Vijay Kumar village wall Yuang Choang