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Banglapedia reference entry on the Chandra dynasty of southeastern Bengal.

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c. 800-1100

Chandra-Deva-Mainamati Regional Polity

Between roughly the eighth and eleventh centuries, the Chandra and Deva dynasties shaped southeastern Bengal around Samatata, Harikela, and the Mainamati-Lalmai zone. Their inscriptions, monasteries, and regional political networks show that Bengal’s pre-sultanate history was not only centred on the Pala-Sena heartland.