23-514: Bogra District , officially Bogura District since April 2018, is a district in the northern part of Bangladesh , in the Rajshahi Division . Bogra is an industrial city where many small and mid-sized companies are sited. Bogra was a part of the Pundravardhana territory of ancient Bengal and the ruins of its capital can be found in northern Bogra. In the ancient period , Bogra District
46-543: A name change . The most common names in English are in bold letters. Footnotes Citations Ballal Sena Ballāla Sena or Ballal Sen ( Bengali : বল্লাল সেন ; reign: 1160–1179), also known as Ballal Sen in vernacular literature, was the second ruler of the Sena dynasty of Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent . He was the son and successor of Vijaya Sena , and ended
69-619: A Shakti Peeth in this district. In the early 13th century, Pundravardhana along with the rest of the Senas fell to Turkic invaders from the Delhi Sultanate, who began governing the territory as part of Bengal. Nasiruddin Bughra Khan , for whom Bogra is named, declared his independence from the Delhi Sultanate. The Bengal Sultans built a large number of mosques in Bogra district. In the late 16th century,
92-514: A powerful prince of the Pundra family, ruled over Pundravardhana as far back as 1280 B.C. The claims of the district to antiquity, however, mostly rely on an association with the old, fortified town that is now known as Mahasthangarh . The district was under the rule of the Mauryas in the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. This is evidenced by the presence of pillars of Ashoka in many parts of Pundravardhana and
115-528: A tradition in Bengal recorded in the Ballala-charita, Ballala Sena's Empire consisted of 5 provinces, Some sources exaggeratedly claim that Ballal Sen had proceeded to Delhi, and was proclaimed emperor of Hindoostan. But neither the two inscriptions that survive from this region, nor the two great literary works, which were attributed to him, viz., Dan Sagar and Adbhut Sagar, allude to his military victories. On
138-455: A year with little diminution in productivity. The western portion of the district is well-wooded with dense, shrub jungles in Upazilas of Sherpur and in parts of Sibganj, which has a large portion of cultivable wasteland. This part of the district is slightly higher than the eastern parts and is mostly above flood level. The soil of this part is generally suited to the growth of paddy. Adamdighi
161-555: Is no historical authenticity. His marriage to Ramadevi, the Chalukya princess also indicates that the Sens maintained the kingdom inherited from his father, which included the present day Bangladesh, the whole of West Bengal and Mithila, i.e., portions of North Bihar. According to a cryptic passage in Adbhuta Sagara, Ballala Sena, along with his queen, retired in his old age to the confluence of
184-488: Is revealed by the discovery of several inscriptions of that period from Pundravardhana, which was a Bhukti under the rule of Guptas till the end of the fifth century. Bogra was the part of Gauda Kingdom of ancient Bengal , after the rule of Guptas in Bengal . At the beginning of the seventh century, King Shashanka came upon the throne of Gauda and exercised his authority over Pundravardhana, including this district. After
207-462: Is very little jungle and almost the entire area is under cultivation. There are many rivers in the Bogra District. The Karatoya is the central divider of the water channel in the district. The other rivers may be classified into the eastern and western systems. Some of the major rivers in this district are: The district has a humid subtropical climate . The average annual rainfall in this part of
230-632: Is well known for the fine qualities of rice, which is also grown to some extent in the Shibganj Upazila. The tract to the east of the Karatoya is a part of the valley of the Brahmaputra River ; it is generally low-lying and intersected by numerous khals ( canals , shallow swamps and marshes). It is subject to yearly inundation from the overflow of the Brahmaputra and gets a rich deposit of silt. There
253-621: The Pala Empire by defeating Govinda Pala . Ballala Sena married Ramadevi, a princess of the Western Chalukya Empire (who ruled from what is the modern Indian state of Karnataka ) which indicates that the Sena rulers maintained close social contact with South India . He is the best-known Sena ruler and consolidated the kingdom. He might have completed the conquest of Northern Bengal and also conquered Magadha and Mithila. According to
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#1732855089139276-505: The government of Bangladesh changed the spelling of the district's name from Bogra to Bogura. The area consisting of Sariakandi Upazila , Gabtali Upazila , Sonatala Upazila , and the majority of Dhunat is called the eastern alluvial tract. It is fertilized by silt from floodwaters. The eastern alluvion is one of the most fertile and prosperous areas in Bogra; jute , aman paddy , sugarcane and pulses are locally grown. Sometimes, as many as three cycles of crops are grown on one field in
299-527: The Ganges and the Yamuna leaving his son, Lakshmana Sena , with the task of both maintaining his kingdom and completing his literary work. According to a Sena epigraph, Ballala was an author. He wrote Danasagara in 1168. And in 1169, he started but did not finish writing Adbhutasagara . In Adbhutasagara , it was mentioned that Ballala Sena conquered Mithila while Vijaya Sena was still alive. Besides he introduced
322-415: The country varies from 1400 mm to 1600 mm. According to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh , Bogra District has 1,025,200 households and a population of 3,734,297 with an average 3.58 people per household. Among the population, 612,661 (16.41%) inhabitants are under 10 years of age. The population density is 1,288 people per km. Bogra District has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 72.55%, compared to
345-554: The death of Shashanka , the region fell under the rule of Harshavardhana (626–647). This is evident from the account of a Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang , who may have visited Pundravardhana in 640 A.D. By the middle of the eighth century, Gopala I assumed control over the affairs of North Bengal , establishing a royal house known as the Pala Dynasty . After Gopal was elected king, he took his seat in Pundravardhana and ruled over
368-622: The discovery of an ancient Brahmi inscription at Mahasthangarh in this district. Bhadra Bahu, a high monk of the Jain religion and the son of a Brahmin of Kotivarsha , was the Jain-Guru of Chandra Gupta Maurya . Ashoka was a firm believer in Buddhism and put to death many naked sectarians, presumably the Jains, in Pundravardhana. The Gupta authority of the third-to-fifth centuries A.D. over this district
391-550: The national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 98.52 males per 100 females. Approximately, 25.74% (961,354) of the population live in urban areas. The ethnic population was 5,994. The main language of the district is Bengali ; a Northern Bengali dialect is commonly used. Bogra has 12 upazilas (subdistricts): List of renamed places in Bangladesh The following is the list of places in Bangladesh that underwent
414-469: The other hand, these refer to his scholastic activities and social reforms. Ballala Sena is associated with the revival of orthodox Hindu practices in Bengal, in particular with the establishment of the reactionary tradition of Kulinism among Brahmins and Kayasthas . The Brahmins were classified into Kulin , Śrotriya, Vamsaja and Saptasati; the Kayasthas were classified into Kulin and Maulik , but there
437-576: The past decade, and it also revealed there was no town with a population above 10,000. The famous Prafulla Chaki (1888–1908) was born in this district. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, fighting occurred in the Bogra district during the Battle of Bogra between the allied troops of Mukti Bahini and Indian Army , and the Pakistan Army , with the former being victorious. In 2018,
460-537: The region up to c. 780 and was succeeded by his son Dharmapala ( c. 781 –821). The Pala Kings had peaceful possession of this district until the end of their rule over Bengal in the twelfth century. Dharmapala was the son of and successor to Gopala , extended his power beyond Pundravardhana. Like his father, he was a Buddhist and founded the Buddhist Vihara at Somapura Mahavihara in Varendra ,
483-552: The region was largely governed by Afghan warlords settled on rent-free land. When the Mughals invaded, these supported the Baro-Bhuiyans , but were defeated. Bogra then became part of the Sarkar of Bazuha. The present Bogra District was first formed in 1821 during British rule . In the 1901 census, the population of the district on a reduced area was around 854,533, an increase of 11% over
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#1732855089139506-603: The ruins of which in Naogaon District have been discovered. The Senas originally came from the Deccan Plateau and settled in West Bengal . Vijayasena was the first ruler of the dynasty. He defeated the last Pala king Madanapala and established his authority over the district. He was succeeded by his son Vallal Sena (1160–1178), who was in possession of the district. He built his capital at Bhabanipur Shaktipeeth ,
529-724: Was a part of the territory of the Pundras or Paundras , which were known by the name of Pundravardhana , one of the kingdoms of ancient Bengal region and was separated by the Karatoya River from the more easterly kingdom of Prag-Jyotisha or Kamrupa . The name Pundravardhana frequently occurs in the Mahabharata , Ramayana , and the Puranas . According to the Mahabharata and the Puranas, Vasudeva ,
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