Gosanimari | |
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Village | |
  Gosanimari Location in India Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:26°01′55″N89°29′02″E / 26.032°N 89.484°E /26.032; 89.484 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Cooch Behar |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,410 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Cooch Behar |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sitai |
| Website | coochbehar |
Gosanimari (also known asKhalisa Gosanimari) is both a village and anarchaeological site inDinhata ICD block, in theDinhata subdivision of theCooch Behar district ofWest Bengal, north-eastern India. The name of this site was taken from the modern grampanchyat name of theDinhata subdivision.
Gosanimari is located at26°01′55″N89°29′02″E / 26.032°N 89.484°E /26.032; 89.484.
The map alongside shows the eastern part of the district. In Tufanganj subdivision 6.97% of the population lives in the urban areas and 93.02% lives in the rural areas. In Dinhata subdivision 5.98% of the population lives in the urban areas and 94.02% lives in the urban areas.[1] The entire district forms the flatalluvial flood plains of mighty rivers.[2]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
The site contains ruins ofRajpat which served as the capital ofKamata kingdom,[3][4] occupying a large area of ancient Kamarupa and Vanga.
Dr. Buchanan Hamilton in 1808 had left a vivid description along with a sketch of the mound and site which still hold good in authenticity. According toDr. R.D. Banerjee,Kamata kingdom stood as buffer between eastern Kamrupa and theBengal Sultanate in the 15th century CE. He is of the opinion that theKhens might have built Gosanimari, but it is also possible that these Mongoloid people only used the ruins of fortification which had been built several centuries earlier. After the independenceArchaeological Survey of India took over the responsibility of this site.[5]
It is believed parts of the ancient kingdoms important temples and buildings are now buried under a large grass grown mound. So far two large stone wells have been excavated, along with a large stone walls and a number of idols too. Pottery work includes vases, bowls, basin, dish, beaker etc. The facial and physiognomical delineation indicate the idols are the products of c. 11th and 12th century AD and influenced by Pala-Sena school of art.[5]
In 1260, it became the seat of power of Kamata rulerSandhya, who shifted his capital from Kamarupanagara (present-dayNorth Guwahati) due to the frequent clashes he faced from the Kacharis from the south-east border in what is modern-dayAssam.[6] Later it was held by theKhen dynasty until 1498 AD, whenHussein Shah ofGaur unsurp power by defeatingNilambar of Kamata. From the early 16th century, it was ruled by theKoch dynasty founded byBiswa Singha.[7]
When the English came along they Anglicized the term Koch to Cooch, hence the nameCooch Behar State.[citation needed]
TheKamteswari temple was built by Maharaja Pran Narayan in 1665.
As per the2011 Census of India, Khalisa Gosanimari had a total population of 6,410. There were 3,295 (51%) males and 3,115 (49%) females. There were 788 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Khalisa Gosanimari was 3,993 (71.02% of the population over 6 years).[8]
Gosanimari Block Primary Health Centre, with 30 beds at Gosanimari, is the major government medical facility in the Dinhata I CD block.[9]
In the year 1260, Sandhya shifted his capital from present day Guwahati to Kamtapur in present day Cooch Behar. This change he made was to avoid frequent skirmishes created by the neighbouring Kacharis along the southeastern border and to facilitate the king to effectively engage the invading Muslim rulers from south-western states.
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