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A 4.4 cm x 5.7 cm limestone slab bearing six lines in [[Prakrit]] in [[Brāhmī script|Brahmi]] script, discovered accidentally by a day labourer in 1931 was an important find. The text appears to be a royal order of Magadh, possibly during the rule of [[Asoka]]. It dates the antiquity of Mahasthangarh to 3rd century BC.<ref name = "Hossain 3">Hossain, Md. Mosharraf, pp. 56–65.</ref> | The Mahasthangarh inscription, engraved on a semi-circular limestone in Brahmi script, dates to the 3rd century BCE and is the earliest epigraphic record accidentally discovered in Bengal in 1931, specifically in Mahasthan, Bogra District, Bangladesh.<ref name="SH"/><ref>Hossain, Md. Mosharraf, pp. 56–60.</ref> A 4.4 cm x 5.7 cm limestone slab bearing six lines in [[Prakrit]] in [[Brāhmī script|Brahmi]] script, discovered accidentally by a day labourer in 1931 was an important find. The text appears to be a royal order of Magadh, possibly during the rule of [[Asoka]]. It dates the antiquity of Mahasthangarh to 3rd century BC.<ref name = "Hossain 3">Hossain, Md. Mosharraf, pp. 56–65.</ref> | ||
[[File:BD Mahasthangarh3.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Mahasthangarh is the oldest archaeological site in [[Bangladesh]]. It dates back to 300 BCE and was the ancient capital of the [[Pundra Kingdom]].]] | [[File:BD Mahasthangarh3.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Mahasthangarh is the oldest archaeological site in [[Bangladesh]]. It dates back to 300 BCE and was the ancient capital of the [[Pundra Kingdom]].]] | ||
[[File:Mahasthan inscription.jpg|thumb|The Mauryan period Mahasthan inscription in [[Brahmi]], recording a land grant.<ref name="SH">{{cite book |last1=Sastri |first1=Hirananda |title=Epigraphia Indica vol.21 |date=1931 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.9580/page/n119 83]–89 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.9580}}</ref>]] | [[File:Mahasthan inscription.jpg|thumb|The Mauryan period Mahasthan inscription in [[Brahmi]], recording a land grant.<ref name="SH">{{cite book |last1=Sastri |first1=Hirananda |title=Epigraphia Indica vol.21 |date=1931 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.9580/page/n119 83]–89 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.9580}}</ref>]] | ||
Mahasthangarh is the earliest urban archaeological sites discovered thus far in [[Bangladesh]]. The village Mahasthan in [[Shibganj Upazila, Bogra|Shibganj upazila]] of [[Bogra District]] contains the remains of an ancient city which was called [[Pundranagar]]a or Paundravardhanapura in the territory of [[Pundravardhana]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Hossain |first=Md. Mosharraf |year=2006 |chapter=Preface |title=Mahasthan: Anecdote to History |location=Dhaka |publisher=Dibyaprakash |isbn=978-984-483-245-9 |quote=Mahasthan is the earliest urban archaeological site so far discovered in the present territory of ... Bangladesh}}</ref><ref name = "Brochure">Brochure: ''Mahasthan – the earliest city-site of Bangladesh'', published by the Department of Archaeology, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, 2003</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Majumdar |first=R. C. |author-link=R. C. Majumdar |year=1971 |title=History of Ancient Bengal |location=Calcutta |publisher=G. Bhardwaj & Co. |pages=5, 13 |oclc=961157849}}</ref> | |||
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