The Forgotten King of Bengal : Shashanka

[@sagnik3556]

the bengali calendar starts with the ascension of shashanka to the throne as per popular belief. it's currently the year 1430.

[@arkadeepchanda9524]

True ❤

[@Mrityormokshiya]

Not true

[@sagnik3556]

@@Mrityormokshiya explain

[@stxfdt1240]

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[@Mrityormokshiya]

@@sagnik3556 Before Bengal used to widely use Sakabda, even Lakshmanabda which even Vidyapati of Mithila used. The use of Lakshmanabda was even mentioned in Ain-i-Akbari. The widespread use of Bangabda happened after 19th century only, and its connection to Raja Shashanka is not conclusive

[@jayastubanerjee1998]

I'm from Bankura district of West Bengal. There is an Inscription near my town, Called " Susunia Hill inscription " Written in Latter Bramri Which describe about a King "ChandraVarman" Devotee of ChakraSwami ( Vishnu) owns this area. It is said that he was defeated by SamudraGupta during his conquest of North India.

[@randomturd1415]

Average indian king taking the fattest L after fighting samudragupta

[@avikchakraborty9865]

Thank you for the video .The Pre pala Bengal history is always overlooked. Thanks for covering the topic.

[@ayushkumarsingh3029]

Most bengali have bihari origin

[@commentpatroller-wf6yo]

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[@CodeName8]

@@ayushkumarsingh3029 chal be janamjaat bihari

[@Abhishek-hz7yl]

@@ayushkumarsingh3029 lol anpad jahil gawar 🤣🤣🤣

[@Abhishek-hz7yl]

@@commentpatroller-wf6yo no

[@jayastubanerjee1998]

I'm Bengali..... I'm proud of being Indian.....

[@commentpatroller-wf6yo]

There's nothing to be proud about Bengalis.

[@jayastubanerjee1998]

@@commentpatroller-wf6yo oh... Seriously🙁! Then don't be proud of Swami Vivekananda, R.N Tagore, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, And many others....

[@BPSinghSaini]

@@jayastubanerjee1998 Bhai Bangladesh wali bhoomi wapas leni hai… Mata dhakeswari temple ki glory wapas laani hai

[@rahulchakraborty8916]

​@@BPSinghSaini Ekdam! Or na sirf Bangladesh... Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Iran, Tibet and Indonesia!

[@BPSinghSaini]

@@rahulchakraborty8916 bilkul bhai…. Le kar hi rahege

[@king_halcyon]

Finally, we have Shashanka! Thanks for covering this topic.

[@Sourabh-1920]

Not forgotten !! Raja Shashanka (Shoshanko) is taught in the textbooks of our Country (Bangladesh). He was the first independent King of Bengal.

[@Worldcitizen7777]

He was Indian

[@BROHD_]

@@Worldcitizen7777 bro, the Assam, Bangladesh, WB, Bihar were called as Bengal that time

[@Worldcitizen7777]

@@BROHD_ And Bengal was always India

[@se20558]

​@@Worldcitizen7777 there is no such thing as India back then, it is termed after the Indus river by the Greeks who termed it as a geographic region like Europe or Africa, not as a country. The same goes for Persians who termed it Hindustan just to indicate the east part of the Sindh river. But this is not accepted by any local kings, they all ruled their own kingdoms like a sovereign state.

[@Worldcitizen7777]

@@se20558 Lol bro even the oldest text ever "Rigved" says Bharat is a country

[@BROHD_]

We are taught this at 7th grade in WB...but not this briefly Glad U cover his topic

[@rjs2124]

Finally ! The video about Shashanka ,have been waiting a long time.

[@daviddewford8862]

This channel is a Gem-mine💎 of Indian History. Keep it up sir❤❤

[@Bengalimahishya]

Thank you for showing the history of Bengal.

[@ApolloOptimus]

I have been waiting for this vedio for a long time. Reading about Karnasubarna during collage history class , I went there but met with another enigma as it is called "THE CAPITAL OF KING KARNA". Don't know why. Only some vague hypothesis on Internet. Thanks a lot for this vedio. I implore you to make a vedio or a serious of vedios about the "Tripartite Struggle" - The "GAME OF THRONES OF INDIAN"

[@raginisingh2251]

Quite different topic ,this shows the depth of ur history knowledge

[@anirbanghosh1670]

Pratapaditya Ray who defeated mughal. Please do consider this topic.

[@rjdc7047]

Maharaj Shashank was the first true great ruler if Gaur Banga- Bwngal. A great warrior, a great administrator and a king he led Bengl to prosperity. His capital Karnasuvarna was known as the city of gold. The Buddhist texts all alignining with their benefactor Harsha had tried to malign Shashank. The great king , a devout Shaiva,died at 42 after a brief illnes- a fever that lasted 5 days. He was succeded by his son- the 18 yr old Manab who was killed and overthrown later. Only then Harsha could extend his empire in Bengal.

[@amitsarkar3019]

Please tell the story with pictures, like kingdom maps and capitals, for easy understanding.

[@तक्ष33]

Tum bhi gour ho ?

[@rajeshreddy2805]

Raja Shashank 🕉🚩💪

[@rahultiwari-dx8qo]

Good narrative but you need to break your essay into small segments by inserting some pictures of people,places,coins to make it more palettable

[@Lmao69]

Whats the reason you did not show the south eastern part of bengal as the part of Shashanka Empire ?

[@jayastubanerjee1998]

Because that region was called 'Bangala - SamaTata' , Not " Gauda Desh" .

[@stormshadow5283]

@jayastubanerjee1998 Vanga was different, Samtata was different.

[@Lmao69]

@@jayastubanerjee1998 under shashanka bengal came to be known as gauda desha

[@stxfdt1240]

@@stormshadow5283 lol shut up

[@Lmao69]

@@jayastubanerjee1998 Vanga was a region in bengal, gauda Was a region in bengal, samatata was a region in bengal, pundravardhan was a region in bengal, Anga was a region in bengal, tamralipta was region in bengal. These regions were unified under shashanka , forming the Gauda kingdom. The Gauda kingdom not only include these, but also Magadha, eastern up, most of odissa, western Assam etc.

[@sanadhinbu]

Very informative video. But how can you not even mention the name of Bhaskara Barmana? And the Nidhanpur CPI?

[@mr.indiamaketheworld7760]

Sir, please make one video in which small big kingdom time line 🙏

[@s.ashishpandey6705]

There was a king who ruled from Bengal To Kashmir... please,I wanna know more about him please if you could find out 🙏

[@soumyendradas]

That was Devpal. Not Shashanka .

[@s.ashishpandey6705]

@soumyendradas please tell more about him 🙏

[@soumyendradas]

​@@s.ashishpandey6705Shashanka was definitely the earliest king to rule Bengal other than the Puranik kings of Bengal like Vagadatta who took part in battle of mahabharata. But he could not extend his empire to the end of kashmir. That does not demean his credit as an empire builder. He laid the ground for a future empire on a sound foundation on which the later kings shone. It was the Pal king Devpal who extended his empire to include kashmir.

[@ans72411]

Isn't the seal of shashanka has been discovered from Rohtas region of Bihar? Which proves that he was feudatory of Gupta's?

[@JayVardhanSingh]

The seal is not traceable at present and it is argued that attributing the seal to Shashanka was a mistake on the part of Fleet or Beglar. For more details, read the page 88-89 of The World of Skandapurana by Hans T Bakker.

[@ans72411]

@@JayVardhanSingh oh okay...

[@ipsnamansinha4601]

​@@JayVardhanSinghis he a Kayastha 🗿🍷 or a Brahmin??

[@diptanuchakraborty8493]

​@@ipsnamansinha4601Brahmin

[@ipsnamansinha4601]

@@diptanuchakraborty8493 source???

[@KyaBaatHai_Vivek]

Very nicely narrated ... No fuss ❤

[@bharat1366]

Raja Shashanka the Great.

[@motirpahas]

As a Bengali - Many many many thanks to you for the detailed video about "Maharajadhiraja Goureshwar Shashank-dev". I have not found a similar video even In bengali.

[@samaya3532]

Make a video about chaluya imadi pulekshi 2 and harshavardhan war

[@debarghyabhattacharyya5069]

Very nice topic

[@raghav5903]

What was the republican constitution of Gauda?

[@HeadBeneficiation]

I belong to Berhampore , which is 19 kms away of his capital

[@Lmao69]

Nice video as always

[@antonsokolov1771]

Nidhanpur Copper plate Inscription mentions Kumar Vashkarvarman ruled Karnasuvarna and given land grants

[@UrbanAghora]

HaiL ParamaShaiva Maharajadhiraj Narendraditya Shashanka.

[@Lmao69]

Didn't bhaskarvarma after the death of Shashanka , led his army to capture karnasuvarna?

[@stormshadow5283]

Karnasubarna was taken by Bhaskarvarman. The latter from his victory camp at Karnasubarna struck what us now known as the Nidhanpur Copper plate to various Brahmin families who were settled in what is now North Bengal (Pundravardhan) and modern Eastern Bangladesh (Srihatta and Samatata) by Bhaskarvarman's ancestor Mahabhutivarman but who lost their lands due to appropriation by various polities. The Pushyabhutis took only Magadh while Pundra, Samtata, Srihatta were reincorporated back into Pragjyotisha or Kamarupa.

[@Lmao69]

@@stormshadow5283 and later the king jayanaga drove them back

[@stormshadow5283]

@@Lmao69 no....gauda never recovered until the rise of Palas many centuries later.

[@Lmao69]

@@stormshadow5283 nope . Jayanaga was able to drove out the invading varmans out of bengal , he was no big king ,bengal was in anarchy . Then the the people elected gopala as the new king and his son and grandson transformed it into a super power

[@stormshadow5283]

@@Lmao69 Palas came many centuries later after Bhaskaravarman. The Bhaumas ascended as one of the foremost powers in Uttarapath in the post Harshavardhana period, peaking under the rule of Harshadeva/Hashavarman, who was lord of Gaud, Kosala and Kalinga.

[@ghs89]

I think Karnasuvarna was captured by Bhaskarvarman, the king of kamarupa.

[@OmPrakash-tn3gm]

Subtitles???

[@AM_I_GROOT]

king Shashank is not forgotten in Bangladesh. In our textbook, we read about him.

[@ayanbarman8716]

I knew about him but no history is added now days syllabus

[@ayushbose599]

🙏🏼Jai Maa Kali❤️

[@stormshadow5283]

Karnasubarna was taken by Bhaskarvarman. The latter from his victory camp at Karnasubarna struck what us now known as the Nidhanpur Copper plate to various Brahmin families who were settled in what is now North Bengal (Pundravardhan) and modern Eastern Bangladesh (Srihatta and Samatata) by Bhaskarvarman's ancestor Mahabhutivarman but who lost their lands due to appropriation by various polities. The Pushyabhutis took only Magadh while Pundra, Samtata, Srihatta were reincorporated back into Pragjyotisha or Kamarupa.

[@Lifeismeantobeenjoyed]

Bro you are saying sasanka became ruler in 603-604 AD and again you are saying that later gupta was driven out in 606 AD????? I am confused

[@Kar90great]

Maybe he started living on rent for 2 years

[@COSMICTUNECOMM]

Actual area Of Bonga Region is huge border with Tibbet to Vietnam

[@तक्ष33]

Source. ..??

[@thomastushardutta]

I think your videos are very informative but it would be very helpful if there was more visual aid. The map in the beginning was helpful but because you removed it it soon became very hard for me to follow.

[@MOONEDITZZZ69]

Gaudeshwara 👑

[@Error_Bhoi]

🔥

[@Mrityormokshiya]

Bangabda doesn't start with Sashanka though

[@Lmao69]

It does

[@lonewolf5144]

​@@Lmao69Nope. Bangabda is hizri Calender modified solar edition. Akbar modified hizri Calender of Arabs which were lunar Calender and made it into a solar one so that tax collection becomes easy. As hizri has 10 less days per year, Bengali year is little lesser than hizri one

[@Lmao69]

@@lonewolf5144 Bangabda is no Hizri calendar 😂. Bangabda was created by Maharajadhiraj shashanka,the 7th century Ruler of Bengal to commemorate his coronation.

[@Lmao69]

@@lonewolf5144 shashanka became Emperor of Bengal 20 years before Islam was created.

[@Lmao69]

@@lonewolf5144 and the fact is that, you are talking bullsh*t

[@justananimefan9156]

DHARMIC EMPIRE ❤

[@asifhassan4980]

R C Mazumdar is from the same place as Shashank Bengal !!

[@akk7791]

Nice

[@Nitin-l9p7c]

I am a Gaud Brahmin our Ancestors are from Gauda city

[@abhinavvajpai1711]

Me to

[@तक्ष33]

Yes brahman from gour city but rajput is real gour , The city of Gour is named after the Gour Rajputs., in old times we are came from our (actual) gandhar empire

[@anamelessmonster]

He attacked nalanda university... So it's makes sense that brahmin destroyed each and every buddhist universities from india....

[@user_evil-angel-2k]

Sir pls hindi me

[@SumitRaj-mr3pt]

Sir, your videos is good but if you explain in Hinglish it'll effects more to the audience ...

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks! We have a Hindi channel too! Do subscribe www.youtube.com/@ThestoryofIndia

[@158_deepghosh_tycoghosh2]

Not gaud it's gaur

[@satyakichatterjee4229]

Jay Gaud ...Jay bharat

[@akitodaisuke6532]

He isn't forgotten, he is more infamous and was persecutor of buddhist and favoured shaivism to drive out buddhism

[@Lmao69]

Fake claims made by his enemies and Buddhists centuries after his death. Every historian reject this claim

[@Lmao69]

He was a staunch shaiva . And promoted it whole heartedly and not Buddhism, so it is obvious that they would villify him

[@Lmao69]

Like they did to others

[@akitodaisuke6532]

@@Lmao69 yup, he was shaiva who used violence against buddhism. He attacked cowardly on bodhgaya. Buddhism was uprooted only by means of violence and nothing else

[@rishavkumar1250]

@@akitodaisuke6532 lmaoo , nice cope

[@Crazy10290]

I am Proude to be a Bengali ❤

[@ayushkumarsingh3029]

Most Bengalis have bihari(Magadha and Anga ) origin.I have read somewhere.

[@Lmao69]

Anga was made up of some region of present day Bihar and some region of present day west bengal. So Anga cannot be called Bihar.

[@ayushkumarsingh3029]

@@Lmao69 Anga was made of moonghyr and bhagalpur district Bengalis have bihari origin

[@vishalbasu4628]

Anga is present day Assam

[@commentpatroller-wf6yo]

Yes and that's why Bengal should be merged in Bihar again

[@Lmao69]

@@commentpatroller-wf6yo opposite,

[@Therealslimshady0831]

BASED SHASHANKA 💥

[@TheAakashGamerz]

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[@HimanshuYadav-xr2jb]

Bhaiya, agar aap hindi mein video banaoge (like SOCH BY MOHAK MANGAL) and I you can have a certain editing style to your videos, it'd be a hell lot more fun to watch Btw. Your content is well detailed and well researched it seems

[@JayVardhanSingh]

Thanks for the Kind words. We have a Hindi channel too! Do subscribe www.youtube.com/@ThestoryofIndia

[@guharup]

first independent ruler of Bengal

[@AbhishekKumar-yz5cw]

भैया हिन्दी मे वीडियो बनाइये ❤❤

[@JayVardhanSingh]

We have a Hindi channel too! Do subscribe www.youtube.com/@ThestoryofIndia

[@ABO-Destiny]

Shashank was a criminal. He was a murderor and literally the backstabber typical of non aryanic dark skinned people of India and the world over and they were abundant in Bengal those times till the Persian and British incursion in future, as original aryanic settlers of janapadas and mahajanapadas had already lost their Indo-European characteristics due to intermixing with earlier settlers of India, loss of connection with central asia and rise of Tibeto-burman dominated Buddhism.

[@debamlyabanerjee4067]

Just shut up do you have any proof

[@ANIMESHRAJ-t1h]

tibeto-burman buddhism? you do know that buddhism was literally called Arya Dhamma right xD

[@xa-niox7019]

Bhai hindi mai video banao

[@JayVardhanSingh]

We've a Hindi channel as well. Here's the link www.youtube.com/@ThestoryofIndia

[@xa-niox7019]

@@JayVardhanSingh bhai ek odisha ke mediaeval history video banao

[@harendrapratapyadav4161]

bhai hindi me bhi bola kro india me adhikansh log hindi me samajhate h

[@JayVardhanSingh]

We have a Hindi channel too! Do subscribe www.youtube.com/@ThestoryofIndia

[@SuryanshThakur2727]

Jay rajputana Kshtriya keval rajput🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@तक्ष33]

Tum gour ho

[@तक्ष33]

We are from gandhar empire not gour kingdom , In fact, the Gaur Kingdom is made by us, not we by it.

[@sandipmundhe7732]

Speak in hindi

[@rpcricketproduction5078]

If you explain in hindi then your video got viral 😅

[@JayVardhanSingh]

We have a Hindi channel too! Do subscribe www.youtube.com/@ThestoryofIndia

[@loveall69]

Gaud Kingdom was defeated by Tripura Kingdom 1433 years ago. After which Tripura King Himti Pha create the Tripuri Calendar to remember its Victory. Three years later Bengali Calendar was founded.

[@Lmao69]

Shashanka never campaigned against the tripura kingdom.

[@loveall69]

@@Lmao69 He did and he lost. So does the history from Gaud side

[@HARA184i]

Hindi me bol na bhai

[@anamelessmonster]

He attacked nalanda university Traitor of India...

[@reshadreswan]

the 2nd destruction of it, and yes..those who are claiming that he is Indian or what..dude...Indian subcontinenet was never, I repeat never fully under one lord, other than british crown...the kings always fought eachother..and by records Shashanka was a cruel bigot, hated the buddhists for no reason..and the only bengal king for whom the vast wealth of bengal wasn't enough and he extended his borders outside the bengali speaking people

[@ankitchatterjee1147]

​@@reshadreswan in that sense samudragupta Nd harshavardhan every ruler is same.

[@soumyendradas]

Historically which part is bihar? Was there any bihar and biharis in ancient period? The lands now called bihar and Jharkhand were parts of Bengal right from the time of king Shashanka. Then the Pal and Sen kings also ruled those lands. Thereafter the sultans of Bengal also ruled these. So these lands traditionally and continuously belong to Bengal and Bengalis. The British unfairly gave these to the biharis because they were obedient servants. That does not mean that these should always remain with the biharis. Bengalis should reclaim these lost grounds.

[@dikshakumari8155]

Whatt??😂😂the Mauryans, guptas, shungas, Nandas, magadha in mahajanpadas, magadha in Mahabharata, magadha in Ramayana . All these are hoke to you ??

[@soumyendradas]

​@@dikshakumari8155there was magadh but not bihar. That also from the time of King Shashanka was under Bengal's control. Thanks to the British That the biharis got a separate state. But getting a state for themselves they devastated it. And after devastating their own state they are coming en masse to Bengal. Shameless people.

[@TheAakashGamerz]

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