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Deva dynasty | |||||||||
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| 12th century–13th century | |||||||||
| Capital | Bikrampur | ||||||||
| Common languages | Sanskrit Bengali | ||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism (Vaishnavism) | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Mahārājādhirāja Vaṅgapati | |||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval India | ||||||||
• Established | 12th century | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 13th century | ||||||||
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Deva Dynasty (c. 12th – 13th centuries) was aBengali Hindu dynasty which originated in the EastBengal region of theIndian subcontinent; the dynasty ruled over Bengal after theSena dynasty. The capital of the dynasty wasBikrampur in present-dayMunshiganj District ofBangladesh.
This Hindu Vaishnava Deva dynasty is different from the earlier Buddhist Deva dynasty (c. 8th–9th centuries) ofSamatata region ofBengal which wasKoeri by caste.[1]
The major sources of the history of this dynasty are the three copperplate inscriptions of Damodaradeva issued in years 1234, 1236 and 1243, which were his 4th, 6th and 13thregnal years. Although there are many myths about this dynasty, none were proved with strong evidence. The first three rulers are known from the Chittagong copperplate inscription of Damodaradeva dated 1243. The first ruler of this dynasty was Purushottamadeva, who rose from the position of a village chief (gramani). His son Madhumathana or Madhusudanadeva was the first independent ruler of this dynasty, who assumed the title ofnripati. He was succeeded by his son Vasudeva and Vasudeva was succeeded by his son Damodaradeva. Damodaradeva (reigned 1231–1243) was the most powerful ruler of this dynasty. He took the title ofAriraja-Chanura-Madhava-Sakala-Bhupati-Chakravarti. The inscriptional evidences show that his kingdom was extended up to the present-dayComilla-Noakhali-Chittagong region. A later ruler of this dynastyAriraja-Danuja-MadhavaDasharathadeva extended his kingdom up toBikrampur and made it his capital.[2] 15th century historianYahya bin Ahmad mentioned in hisTarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi that he (referred asDanuj Rai of Sonargaon by Yahya) made an alliance withGhiyas-ud-Din Balban in 1281.[3] His brother Bikramaditya Deva later moved to the eastern side of the kingdom in 1294. This is the last recorded history of this dynasty.
Yahyā, the historian of the fifteenth century, mentions ... When Ghiyās-ud-din Balban proceeded to Bengal ... he sought to enter into an alliance with the Hindu king of Eastern Bengal, Rāi Danuj.
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