Analysing the Regional/Sub-regional: A History of Early Bengal
Krishnendu Ray
EARLY NORTH BENGAL: FROM PUṆḌRAVARDHANA TO VARENDRA C. 400 BCE—1150 CE by By Ranjusri Ghosh Primus Books, Delhi, 2023, 454 pp., INR 3150.00
February 2024, volume 48, No 2

The intensively researched recent book Early North Bengal from Puṇḍravardhana to Varendra c.400 BCE-1150 CE by Ranjusri Ghosh, the topic for her PhD thesis, with a good number of very useful maps and illustrations and a meaningful jacket showing the goddess Kāmeśvarī on the front and a rural landscape painting on the back,

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