Dandabhukti was an ancient and medieval region/ territory spread across what are now Bankura

Bankura District

Bankura district is one of the seven districts of Burdwan Division in the Indian state of West Bengal. The district has been described as the “connecting link between the plains of Bengal on the east and Chota Nagpur plateau on the west.” The areas to the east and north-east are low lying alluvial...

, Hooghly

Hooghly District

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, Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur districts in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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.

Ancient Rarh region

Rarh region

Rarh region of West Bengal is the region that lies between the Western plateau and high lands and the Ganges Delta...

 was divided into several smaller regions – Kankagrambhukti

Kankagrambhukti

Kankagrambhukti was an ancient and medieval region/ territory spread across what are now Birbhum, Bardhaman and Murshidabad districts in the Indian state of West Bengal....

, Bardhamanbhukti

Bardhamanbhukti

Bardhamanbhukti was an ancient and medieval region/ territory spread across what are now Bardhaman and Bankura districts in the Indian state of West Bengal....

 and Dandabhukti, as part of the Gupta Empire

Gupta Empire

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. Danda in Oriya

Oriya language

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 means path. There was an ancient path from Rarh (or possibly from Magadha

Magadha

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) to Kalinga

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Kalinga was an early state in central-eastern India, which comprised most of the modern state of Orissa/Utkal , as well as the Andhra region of the bordering state of Andhra Pradesh. It was a rich and fertile land that extended from the river Damodar/Ganges to Godavari and from Bay of Bengal to...

. The territory may have acquired its name from the path. Dandabhukti was broadly the territory between the Dwarakeswar

Dwarakeswar River

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 and Subarnarekha

Subarnarekha River

Subarnarekha River flows through the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa.-Etymology:As per tradition, gold was mined near the origin of the river at a village named Piska near Ranchi. This is why it was named Subarnarekha, meaning ‘streak of gold’. Legend has it that traces of...

 rivers. In the 10th century Dandabhukti was part of Bardhamanbhukti. Later, some parts of Dandabhukti were included in the territory of Utkal kings.

Dandabhukti was a town which was administrative headquarters of the territory of same name. Dantan

Dantan

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 in Paschim Medinipur district is derived from the name of ancient Dandabhukti.