List of rulers of Bengal: Difference between revisions

[[Bhima]] vanquished in battle the Suhmas and the Prasuhmas. <ref>{{Cite book|last=Klidsa|url=http://archive.org/details/raghuvamsaofkali00kliduoft|title=The Raghuvamsa of Kalidasa : with the commentary (the Samjivani) of Mallinatha ; Cantos I-X ; edited with a literal English translation, copious notes in Sanskrit and English, and various readings &c. &c. by M.R. Kale|last2=Mallinatha. Sajvan|last3=Kle|first3=M. R. (Moreshvar Ramchandra)|date=1922|publisher=Bombay : P.S. Rege|others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref>

Davaka was a kingdom of [[Bengal]], located in current central region of [[Assam]] state.<ref>Suresh Kant Sharma, Usha Sharma (2005), ''Discovery of North-East India: Geography, History, Culture, ...'', Davaka (Nowgong) and Kamarupa as separate and submissive friendly kingdoms</ref>  The references to it comes from the 4th century Allahabad pillar inscription of [[Samudragupta]], where it is mentioned as one of five frontier kingdoms of the [[Gupta Empire]];<ref>Samatata- Davaka- Kamarupa - Nepala - Kartripura Pratyanta Nrpatibhir</ref> The Shung-Shu History of the [[Liu Song dynasty]], where the kingdom is named ''Kapili'' (now the name of a river); the Gachtal stone pillar inscription written in [[Kamrupi Prakrit]].<ref>Indian History Congress (2002), ''Proceedings - Indian History Congress - Volume 62'', p. 136 identified with the Davaka region of Nagaon district of Assam, the location of which, can be confirmed by the Gachtal stone pillar inscription.6 The Allahabad stone pillar inscription of Samudragupta mentions Davaka along with Samatata</ref><ref>Kamrupi inscriptions associated with the Kamarupa kingdom give an estimate of its geographical location and extent. {{cite book |last=Lahiri |first=Nayanjot |year=1991 |title=Pre-Ahom Assam: Studies in the Inscriptions of Assam between the Fifth and the Thirteenth Centuries AD |location=Delhi |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers |page=26–28 |isbn=978-81-215-0463-8}}</ref> N K Bhattasali has identified it with [[Dabaka]] in modern [[Hojai district]], with the kingdom associated with the [[Kopili river|Kopili]]-[[Kolong River|Kolong]] river valley.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mookerji |first=Radhakumud |year=1973 |title=The Gupta Empire |publisher=Motilal Banarasidass |page=24 |isbn=81-208-0089-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last=Dutta |first=Anima |year=2008 |title=Political geography of Pragjyotisa Kamarupa |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/68309 |type=Ph.D. |publisher=Gauhati University |page=53}}</ref>

| [[Jagdeep Dhankhar|Jagdeep Dhankhar]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/senior-advocate-jagdeep-dhankhar-made-west-bengal-governor-146538 |title = Senior Advocate Jagdeep Dhankhar Made West Bengal Governor|date = 20 July 2019}}</ref>