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Karnasuvarna
24.0303° N, 88.1908° E
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Karnasuvarna or Karnasubarna (Bengali : কর্ণসুবর্ণ অথবা কানাসুনা) was an ancient city, located in the present day Berhampore CD block in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India. It was the capital of Gauda Kingdom.
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Mid-7th century reference to Jayanaga
mid-7th century
Early city centre and long occupation
2nd century AD to 15th–16th century AD
Shashanka's capital
7th century
Xuanzang's account of the vihara
7th century
Rakshashidanga excavations (ASI)
1929–1930
Rajbaridanga excavations (University of Calcutta)
1962
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