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The Chittagong harbor silted shut and cut Gaur's trade lifeline
A bustling Bengal sultanate clings to empire as Chittagong’s harbor silts shut, threatening Gaur’s trade lifeline and the city’s fate.
The Chittagong harbor silted shut and cut Gaur's trade lifeline
In this episode, we travel through the late medieval Bengal Sultanate to trace how trade, rivers, and politics shaped Gaur’s destiny. We follow visitors’ accounts, court correspondence, and shifting waterways to ask what really hollowed out one of the world’s great cities.
Person: Ma Huan
Location: Pandua, Sonargaon, Gaur, Chittagong
Date: 1406; 1353-1576 (period covered)
Topic: Bengal Sultanate…
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