Dhalbhum

Dhalbhum in a 1909 map of The Imperial Gazetteer of India
Dhalbhum under Medinipur administration, 1776

Dhalbhum was the name given to parganas Supur and Ambikanagar in the Khatra area of present Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] In the course of time, Dhalbhum kingdom was spread over a much wider area, across the western part of adjoining Midnapore district and the eastern and south-eastern parts of Singhbhum district in present-day Jharkhand.[2]

  1. ^ O’Malley, L.S.S. (1908). Bengal District Gazetteers – Bankura. The Bengal secretariat book depot. p. 166.
  2. ^ Ghosh, Binoy, Paschim Banger Sanskriti, (in Bengali), part II, 1978 edition, p. 56, Prakash Bhaban

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