The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.34

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Gauda—1 The whole of Bengal was denominated Eastern Gauda from its capital of the same name, the ruins of which lie near Malda at a distance of about ten miles (see Lakshmanavati). It was situated on the left bank of the Ganges which has now receded from it four and half miles and in some places twelve miles It was the capital of Deva Pala, Mahendra Pala, Adisura, Ballala Sena, and the Muhammadan rulers from 1204 up to about the close of the sixteenth century It is said to have been founded in A. D 648 when Bengal became independent of the Magadha kingdom, the former capital of Bengal being Pundravarddhana James Prinsep supposes that Gauda was founded in 1066 (JASB, vol V), but it is mentioned by Bana in the Harshacharita For further particulars, see Gour in Pt II All the country south of Anga to the sea was called Gauda (The Literary Remains of Dr Bhau Daji) 2 Uttara Kosala the capital of which was Sravasti, was also called Gauda or Northern Gauda (Karma P, Pt I, ch 20, Linga P, Pt I, ch 65) Gonda, a sub division of Uttara Kosala, forty two miles south of Sravasti, is a corruption of Gauda (according to General Cunningham, Anc Geo, p 408) The tradition respecting the famous tooth brush trees (danta dhavana) of Buddha still exists at Gonda (Fuhrer s MAI) Gauda may also be a corruption of Gonardda See Gonardda 3 Gondwana was the Western Gauda 4 The Southern Gauda was the bank of the Kaveri (Padma P, Patala, ch 28)