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tifsfestie (v) ভারতসাগরীয় দ্বীপপুঞ্জে উপনিবেশ-স্থাপন । LBBBg g DBBBD DLSL DBDDSDLD yBD DDD SD এই বন্দবেই ভারত সাগরীয় দ্বীপপুঞ্জে, চীন ও জাপান সাম্রাজ্যে বাণিজ্য DBBDS YYSDBEED DBDLDD DBBDLS DDBDSS SBuB অংসখ্য বণিক, রাজপুত্র, মাহিষ্য বীর ও গৌড়ীয় ব্রাহ্মণগণও সমুদ্রে vest's 'eist's ficer Indian Shipping atx is ১৬১ পৃষ্ঠায় লিখিত হইয়াছে :- “But by far the most important emporium of ancient Bengal was Tamralipta, the great Buddhist harbour of the Bengal sea-board. It is referred to in the Mahazwanesd (ch. xix) as Tamalitta, and was probably meant by the author of Periplus when he spoke of “a great commercial city near the mouth of the Ganges, the trade of which consisted chiefly in cloths of the most delicate texture and extreme beauty." The place is of very. great antiquity, and existed prior to the days of Aرقام گ for it figures even in the sacred writings of the Hindus. The Chinese pilgrim Fa-Hien, when he visited India in A. D. 399-414, found it a maritime settlement of the Buddhists. "There are twentyfour Sangharamas in this country," he says; "all of them have resident priests." After his residence there for two years he shipped him o