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	The '''Badshahi Road''' ('''Royal Road''') is historically one of the most important roads in [[Bengal]]. It might be as old as 300 BC<ref>Archaeological geography of the Ganga Plain: the lower and the middle Ganga. Author: Dilip K. Chakrabarti. Orient Blackswan, 2001. {{ISBN\|81-7824-016-5}}, {{ISBN\|978-81-7824-016-9}}</ref> This Badshahi road became most prominent connecting road from Maldah (Gour) through Murshidabad to Puri (Orissa) during Mughal period.<ref>Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal. Author John R. McLane Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2002. {{ISBN\|0-521-52654-X}}, 9780521526548</ref> One can trace a great deal of history along this road. The wide raised road with Masjids (mosques) on every eight miles & the big ponds (dighi) remind the prosperous Mughal time in history. It was the main road for Hindus from North India and Bengal who travelled to the [[Jagannath Temple, Puri\|Jagannath Temple]] in Puri, Orissa which happened to be one of the four main centres organized by [[Adi Shankara]] (788-820CE). After [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu\|Chaitanya]] (1486–1533) and his followers spread the Bhakti movement of [[Vaishnavism]] sect throughout Bengal, the traffic of Bengali pilgrimage going south to Puri and north-west to [[Vrindavan]] on the road increased further.		The '''Badshahi Road''' ('''Royal Road''') is historically one of the most important roads in [[Bengal]]. It might be as old as 300 BC<ref>Archaeological geography of the Ganga Plain: the lower and the middle Ganga. Author: Dilip K. Chakrabarti. Orient Blackswan, 2001. {{ISBN\|81-7824-016-5}}, {{ISBN\|978-81-7824-016-9}}</ref> This Badshahi road became most prominent connecting road from Maldah (Gour) through Murshidabad to Puri (Orissa) during Mughal period.<ref>Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal. Author John R. McLane Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2002. {{ISBN\|0-521-52654-X}}, 9780521526548</ref> One can trace a great deal of history along this road. The wide raised road with Masjids (mosques) on every eight miles & the big ponds (dighi) remind the prosperous Mughal time in history. It was the main road for Hindus from North India and Bengal who travelled to the [[Jagannath Temple, Puri\|Jagannath Temple]] in Puri, Orissa which happened to be one of the four main centres organized by [[Adi Shankara]] (788-820CE). After [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu\|Chaitanya]] (1486–1533) and his followers spread the Bhakti movement of [[Vaishnavism]] sect throughout Bengal, the traffic of Bengali pilgrimage going south to Puri and north-west to [[Vrindavan]] on the road increased further.

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The '''Badshahi Road''' ('''Royal Road''') is historically one of the most important roads in [[Bengal]]. It might be as old as 300 BC<ref>Archaeological geography of the Ganga Plain: the lower and the middle Ganga. Author: Dilip K. Chakrabarti. Orient Blackswan, 2001. {{ISBN|81-7824-016-5}}, {{ISBN|978-81-7824-016-9}}</ref> This Badshahi road became most prominent connecting road from Maldah (Gour) through Murshidabad to Puri (Orissa) during Mughal period.<ref>Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal. Author John R. McLane Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2002. {{ISBN|0-521-52654-X}}, 9780521526548</ref> One can trace a great deal of history along this road. The wide raised road with Masjids (mosques) on every eight miles & the big ponds (dighi) remind the prosperous Mughal time in history. It was the main road for Hindus from North India and Bengal who travelled to the [[Jagannath Temple, Puri|Jagannath Temple]] in Puri, Orissa which happened to be one of the four main centres organized by [[Adi Shankara]] (788-820CE). After [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Chaitanya]] (1486–1533) and his followers spread the Bhakti movement of [[Vaishnavism]] sect throughout Bengal, the traffic of Bengali pilgrimage going south to Puri and north-west to [[Vrindavan]] on the road increased further.

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