Kingdom of Gauda
Kingdom of Gauḍa Gāuṛa Rājya | |||||||||||||
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| c. 4th century AD (pre-Gupta) 554–626 | |||||||||||||
Map of the Shashankas or "Gauda Kingdom", circa 600 CE. | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Karnasuvarna | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism (Shaivism) | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| Maharajadhiraja | |||||||||||||
• 554–590 | Jayanaga | ||||||||||||
• 590–625 | Shashanka | ||||||||||||
• 625–626 | Manava | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | India Bangladesh | ||||||||||||
The Gauḍa kingdom was a kingdom during the Classical era in the Indian subcontinent, which originated in the Gauda region of Bengal (modern-day West Bengal and Bangladesh) in 4th century CE or possibly earlier.