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Karnasuvarna

Karnasuvarna was the capital of King Shashanka of Gauda in the early 7th century, in present-day Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India. Its site is identified with Rajbadidanga near Chiruti, where excavations uncovered a Buddhist monastery taken to be the Raktamrittika mahavihara described by Xuanzang. After Shashanka's death the city fell to Bhaskaravarman of Kamarupa.

Karnasuvarna
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Gauda Kingdom

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