Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c24.23

c24.23

It may also be argued that Dacca could have hardly enjoyed so much cultural influence in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when the political centre of the country was not at this place but at the neighbouring city of Vikramapura, (and later at Suvarṇagrāma in the same neighbourhood) to stamp its name on the dialect spoken in the locality. In our opinion, however, such a possibility is not altogether out of question.