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The Forgotten Capital of the Bengal Sultanate Gaur's Rise and Ruin
Long before the Mughals built Dhaka, another city ruled the Ganges delta: Gaur, the capital of the Bengal Sultanate. For nearly two centuries, Gaur was one of the richest and most populous cities in South Asia, home to grand mosques, bustling markets, and a syncretic court culture that blended Persian, Turkic, and local Bengali traditions. This episode takes you into its story: how Sultan Ilyas Shah forged an independent kingdom, how his successors like Sikandar Shah and Alauddin Husain Shah turned Gaur into a center of art and trade, and how the city was ultimately abandoned to the jungle…
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