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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[1] This Badshahi road became most prominent connecting road from Maldah (Gour) through Murshidabad to Puri (Orissa) during Mughal period.[2] 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 in Puri, Orissa which happened to be one of the four main centres organized by Adi Shankara (788-820CE). After 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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- ↑ 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
- ↑ Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth-Century Bengal. Author John R. McLane Publisher Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-52654-X, 9780521526548
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