Laur Kingdom
Kingdom of Laur লাউড় রাজ্য | |||||||||
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600–1565 Tahirpur) | |||||||||
Common languages | Sanskrit, Prakrit | ||||||||
Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Lauri | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Historical era | Classical period | ||||||||
• Established | 600 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1565[1] | ||||||||
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Today part of | Bangladesh India |
The Kingdom of Laur was one of the many
Location
The kingdom was bounded by the
History
Before the establishment of the Laur Kingdom, the area was a part of
In 640, the
In the late thirteenth century, Laur faced a number of attacks from the neighbouring kingdom of Gour ruled by the Hindu king Gour Govinda.[6]
A later Raja of Laur, Ramnath (descendant of Keshab Misra), had three sons with only one remaining in central Laur. Ramnath's second son, Durbar Singh became a Muslim and changed his name to Durbar Khan.
After the death of Laur Raja Durbar Khan, his younger brother Gobind Singh took over his land. Durbar Khan's sons then informed the
A later zamindar of Laur, Abid Reza left Laur to establish
British rule
With the establishment of the East India Company and later the British Raj, Laur continued to exist merely as a pargana or fiscal division, as well as a thana, within greater Sylhet. Its area was 105.64 square metres, consisted of 305 estates and had a land revenue of £308 as of 1875.[9]
In one incident, hill tribes attacked the Laur
List of kings
Krishak dynasty
- Ladduk (600-630)
- Shambhuk (630-660)
- Devadatta (660-690)
- Bhagadatta (690-720)
- Navarjun (720-750)
- Madhab (750-780)
- Pramardan (780-810)
See also
References
- ^ a b Sreehatter Itibritta – Purbangsho (A History of Sylhet), Part 2, Volume 1, Chapter 1, Achyut Charan Choudhury; Publisher: Mustafa Selim; Source publication, 2004।
- ^ North East India History Association. Session (1980). Proceedings of the North East India History Association. The Association. p. 73. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ সরকারি ওয়েব সাইট Archived 20 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, জেলা তথ্য বাতায়ন
- ^ East Pakistan District Gazetteers: Sylhet. East Pakistan Government Press. 1970.
- ^ Calcutta: Government of Assam. pp. 21-62.
- ^ Mahmud, Hasan (18 Feb 2019). আর হাতে রণতুর্য (in Bengali). Desher Potro.
- ^ Nath, Rajmohan (1948). The back-ground of Assamese culture. A. K. Nath. p. 122.
- Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press Company. pp. 281-326.
- ^ a b Hunter, William Wilson (1875). "District of Sylhet: Administrative History". A Statistical Account of Assam. Vol. 2.
- Lindsay, Robert (1840). "Anecdotes of an Indian life: Chapter VII". Lives of the Lindsays, or, A memoir of the House of Crawford and Balcarres. Vol. 4. Wigan: C. S. Simms.