Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.411

c8.411

*Phuliā*.—It is a village, which is situated about four miles from Śāntipura in the district of Nadia. It is nine miles from Ranaghat and 54 miles from Calcutta. It is the birthplace of the great Bengali poet Kīrttivāsa, the author of the Bengali *Rāmāyaṇa*. Here Yavana Haridāsa, the well-known Muslim follower of Śrīcaitanya, spent his days in religious practices. A new township has been recently started by the Government at Phuliā (*Introducing India*, Pt. I, p. 74).