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Nabadwip

Also known as Navadvipa

Nabadwip, also called Nadia, is a town in West Bengal, India, on the Bhagirathi river. It was a seat of the Sena kings, and its surprise capture by Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji around 1204 began Muslim rule in Bengal. The town later became a great centre of Sanskrit learning and is the birthplace of the Vaishnava saint Chaitanya, born in 1486.

Nabadwip
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Mentioned in 3 state histories

Sena dynastyDeva dynasty of BengalKhalji dynasty of Bengal

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