Samatata coinage of Vira Jadamarah, imitative of the Kushan coinage of Kanishka I. The text of the legend is a meaningless imitation, c. 2nd–3rd century CE.[1]
Samataṭa and erstwhile states of ancient India in 375 CE
Common languages
Magadhan Prakrit, Sanskrit
Religion
Hinduism, Buddhism
Government
Monarchy
Recorded dynasties
• 3rd century BCE-1st century BCE
Mauryan Empire
• 3rd century-6th century
Chandra dynasty (as vassals of Gupta Empire)[2]
• 6th century-7th century
Gauda Kingdom[3]
• 7th century-8th century
Khadga dynasty
• 8th century-9th century
First Deva dynasty[4]
• 9th century-10th century
Chandra dynasty (continued)
• 10th century-11th century
Varman Dynasty
• 11th century-12th century
Sena dynasty
• 12th century-13th century
Second Deva dynasty
History
• Established
3rd century BCE
• Disestablished
13th century
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Vanga Kingdom
Pala Empire
Sena dynasty
Samataṭa (Brahmi script: sa-ma-ta-ṭa) was an ancient geopolitical division of Bengal in the eastern Indian subcontinent. The Greco-Roman account of Sounagoura is linked to the kingdom of Samatata. Its territory corresponded to much of present-day eastern Bangladesh (particularly Dhaka Division, Sylhet Division, Barisal Division and Chittagong Division) and parts of the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The area covers the trans-Meghna part of the Bengal delta. It was a center of Buddhist civilisation before the resurgence of Hinduism and Muslim conquest in the region.
Archaeological evidence in the Wari-Bateshwar ruins, particularly punch-marked coins, indicate that Samataṭa was a province of the Mauryan Empire. The region attained a distinct Buddhist identity following the collapse of Mauryan rule. The Allahabad pillar inscriptions of the Indian emperor Samudragupta describe Samataṭa as a tributary state.
Samataṭa gained prominence as an important region of Bengal during the reigns of the Gauda Kingdom, Khadga dynasty, First Deva dynasty,[5][4] Chandra dynasty and Varman dynasty between the 6th and 11th centuries. During this period, the rulers of Samataṭa also reigned over parts of Arakan, Tripura and Kamarupa. Chinese travellers provide an elaborate description of the kingdom during the 7th century. Xuanzang visited the kingdom.
Records of the Sena dynasty include mention of Samataṭa as a haven for Sena kings who escaped the Muslim conquest of western Bengal during the 13th century. The area was eventually absorbed by the forces of the Delhi Sultanate.
^"Samatata coin". British Museum.
^Singer, Noel F. (2008). Vaishali and the Indianization of Arakan. APH Publishing. ISBN 978-81-313-0405-1.
^Prasad, Bindeshwari (1977). Dynastic History of Magadha. p. 136.
^ abSein, U. Aung Kyaw (May 2011). Vesāli: Evidences of Early Historical City in Rakhine Region (MA). University of Yangoon.
^Singer, Noel F. (2008). Vaishali and the Indianization of Arakan. New Delhi: APH Publishing Corp. ISBN 978-81-313-0405-1. OCLC 244247519.
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(r.c.350-375 CE). The Kings of Samatata, Davaka and Kamarupa paid tribute and homage to the King Samudragupta Samatata, Davaka and Kamarupa became frontier...
to the region as Vangaladesha during a war with the Chandra dynasty of Samatata region of Bengal. After the Muslim conquest of Bengal , the region was...
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the Gangaridai Empire. The area was a base for the Vanga, Gangaridai, Samatata, Sena, and Deva dynasties. Sonargaon gained importance during the Delhi...
different from the earlier Buddhist Deva dynasty (c. 8th-9th centuries) of Samatata region of Bengal. Four rulers of this earlier Deva dynasty are known from...
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(Bengali: খড়্গ বংশ) was a dynasty which ruled the areas of Vanga and Samatata in Bengal from the mid 7th to early 8th Century CE. Chronologically, the...
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include southern Bengal, because the Allahabad Pillar inscription mentions Samatata in that region as a frontier kingdom. Moreover, the Delhi Iron Pillar inscription...
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visits (to his court) for obeisance by such frontier rulers as those of Samataṭa, Ḍavāka, Kāmarūpa, Nēpāla, and Kartṛipura, and, by the Mālavas, Ārjunāyanas...
the Chittagong Division. It was once under the reign of Gangaridai and Samatata in ancient period. As far as is known from the ancient archeology found...
as part of the Samatata region.: 33–34 Archaeological findings suggest the presence of the Chandra dynasty, which ruled over Samatata.: 42 Additionally...
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