Samatata
Sign in to saveSamataṭa (Brahmi script: 12px12px12px12px sa-ma-ta-ṭa) was an ancient geopolitical division of Bengal in the eastern Indian subcontinent. The Greco-Roman account of Sounagoura is linked to the kingdom of Samatata. Its territory corresponded to much of present-day eastern and southern Bangladesh (particularly Dhaka division, Barisal division, Sylhet Division, Khulna Division and Chittagong Division) and the undivided 24 Parganas district in southern West Bengal. The area covers the trans-Meghna part of the Bengal delta. It was a center of Buddhist civilisation before the resurgence of Hinduism,
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- Country.conventional_long_name
- Samataṭa
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Country.year_start
- 4th century CE
- Country.year_end
- 13th century CE
- Country.p1
- Vanga Kingdom
- Country.s1
- Gauda Kingdom
- Country.s2
- Pala Empire
- Country.s3
- Sena Dynasty
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- Bengal. Samatata. Coin of Vira Jadamarah imitative of Kushan coinage of Kanishka I. Circa 2nd-3rd century CE.jpg
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- 280px
- Country.symbol_type
- Samatata coinage of Vira Jadamarah, imitative of the Kushan coinage of Kanishka I. The text of the legend is a meaningless imitation, 3rd century CE.
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- South Asia historical AD375 EN.svg
- Country.image_map_caption
- Samataṭa and erstwhile states of ancient India in 375 CE
- Country.common_languages
- Magadhan Prakrit, Old Bengali, Sanskrit
- Country.religion
- Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism
- Country.leader1
- Chandra dynasty (as vassals of Gupta Empire)
- Country.leader2
- Gauda Kingdom
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Samataṭa (Brahmi script: 12px12px12px12px sa-ma-ta-ṭa) was an ancient geopolitical division of Bengal in the eastern Indian subcontinent. The Greco-Roman account of Sounagoura is linked to the kingdom of Samatata. Its territory corresponded to much of present-day eastern and southern Bangladesh (particularly Dhaka division, Barisal division, Sylhet Division, Khulna Division and Chittagong Division) and the undivided 24 Parganas district in southern West Bengal. The area covers the trans-Meghna part of the Bengal delta. It was a center of Buddhist civilisation before the resurgence of Hinduism, and Muslim conquest in the region.
Archaeological evidence in the Wari-Bateshwar ruins, particularly punch-marked coins, indicate that Vanga-Samataṭa region was probably a province of the Mauryan Empire. The region attained a distinct Buddhist identity following the collapse of Mauryan rule. The Allahabad pillar inscriptions of the Indian emperor Samudragupta is the earliest reference of Samataṭa in which it is described as a tributary state.