KAMBOJ FOOT-PRINTS IN ANCIENT BENGAL?
@Gandaberunda4 @Gaudeshwar
Indian & foreign evidence attest tht from earlier times, people of Kamboj hd interacted with NE regions of ancient India including Bengal. Kambojs r known to hv lent their name to the places they hd occupied..1/n
@Gandaberunda4 @Gaudeshwar
Indian & foreign evidence attest tht from earlier times, people of Kamboj hd interacted with NE regions of ancient India including Bengal. Kambojs r known to hv lent their name to the places they hd occupied..1/n
Old Chinese txts refer to name Kapisa incessantly bt not to name Kamboj. Indian txts refer to Kambojcountlessly  but nt to Kapisa e.g only Panini & KA ref to  it once. S. Levi has explained this term thoroughly concluding tht Kamboj of Indian texts is Kapis of Chinese txts. 2/n
1. Sanskrit poet Kalidas (4/5th c AD) records a river name Kapisa which Raghu (identified with Chandra Gupta-II-Gupta dynasty)  hd to cross during his war campaign in Vanga/Bengal (Raghu Vamsa 4.37). This Kapisa of Kalidas hs Ben identified with Kambuson of Ptolemy…3/n contd
2. Ptolemy (~100-170AD) writes that there wr five branches/mouths of the river Ganges, & the fifth or westernmost one was called Kambuson or Kambyson (Geographia VII.1.1B). This Kambuson of Ptolemy is equated to be Kapisa of Kalidas referred to above…4/n
3. Ancient Chinese pilgrim I-Tsing visiting India (671-695 AD) records a Buddhist Monastery called Kapisa at Bodh Gaya, founded by people of Kapisa (=Kamboja,modern Afghanistan) for the residence of Monks from NW, which was named after their country called KAPISA...4/n
3. Ancient Chinese pilgrim I-Tsing visiting India (671-695 AD) records a Buddhist Monastery called Kapisa at Bodh Gaya, founded by people of Kapisa (=Kamboja,modern Afghanistan) for the residence of Monks from NW, which was named after their country called KAPISA...4/n
4. In addition, I-Tsing also records a monastery named Tukhara at Bodh Gaya, founded by people of Tukhara (whom scholars identify as a cognate branch of Kamboj (P. C. Bagchi, B N Puri. C W Winter, S. Dwivedi, Moti Chandra, V.S.Agrawala & Dr Jia Lal etc ). ….5/n
4. In addition, I-Tsing also records a monastery named Tukhara at Bodh Gaya, founded by people of Tukhara (whom scholars identify as a cognate branch of Kamboj (P. C. Bagchi, B N Puri. C W Winter, S. Dwivedi, Moti Chandra, V.S.Agrawala & Dr Jia Lal etc ). ….5/n
Scholars r of the view tht nm Kapisa (I-Tsing, Kalidas) & Kambuson (Ptolmy) factually reflects relics of earlier migration of NW Kamboj (soldiers/traders/missionaries) in this region (Beigtrage Zur Namenformschung, v-15, p 211,F.W Thomas; Journ. Asiatique,1923,p 54,S Levi)..6/n
Dr P. C. Bagchi, Dr Marquart, A. Chattopadhyaya, Dr Jia Lal, S Levi, F. W. Thomas connect names Kapis
& Kambuson with Sanskrit Kamboj. So we may hv strong clues abt earlier migration of people<Kamboj/Kapis(NW) probably coming as traders/soldiers & settling  in Anc.Bengal...7/n
& Kambuson with Sanskrit Kamboj. So we may hv strong clues abt earlier migration of people<Kamboj/Kapis(NW) probably coming as traders/soldiers & settling  in Anc.Bengal...7/n
Kambuson, the 5th branch of Ganges of Ptolemy is identified with modern Kasai( Raychaudhury;Sircar),or Hugli (Thomas,Mcrindle) or more so as Suvarnarekha. Whatver the identification,region between Riv Dwarkeswar & Sabarnarekha hd been the heart of Pala Kamboja empire…8/n
The famed ancient port of Tamralipti ws located in/near the Pala-Kamboj region. Also there is evidence to connect famous ancient port of Chandraketugarh with the Kamboj traders,trading horses with SE Asian lands including the so-called Suvaranbhumi…..9/n
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