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Partially excavated fortified cities in Bangladesh · Mysteria

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Partially excavated fortified cities in Bangladesh

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🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city

Bhitargarh Fortified City

Gupta to Pala–Sena (450–1200 CE) · Gupta to Pala–Sena (Varendra)

Largest Bangladeshi walled city—120 ha, 4 concentric ramparts (6 km outer), 5th–12th c Gupta–Pala–Sena.

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🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city

Pundranagara — East Rampart Gate (Mahasthangarh)

Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban

Pundranagara — East Rampart Gate (Mahasthangarh) in Rajshahi, Bogura, Mahasthangarh, Bangladesh is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city…

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🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city

Mahasthangarh (Ancient Pundranagara)

Mauryan 4th c BCE → Pala 12th c · Mauryan → Sunga → Gupta → Pala

Ancient Pundranagara — Mauryan–Pala fortified city (4th c BCE–13th c CE) on Karatoya at Mahasthangarh, 12 km north Bogra. 1.5 km rampart, citadel mound, 1928–29 P.C.