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ECONOMIC PROFILE OF SONARGAON CITY (AD. 14th to 16th CENTURY)

Authors:
Arif Hossain

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Arif Hossain
Research Scholar (Ph.D.) CAS, Dept. of History Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

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Hossain, Arif. "ECONOMIC PROFILE OF SONARGAON CITY (AD. 14th to 16th CENTURY)." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 4, no. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. 1-9, ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=01. Accessed Jan. 2019.
APA
Hossain, A. (2019, January). ECONOMIC PROFILE OF SONARGAON CITY (AD. 14th to 16th CENTURY). Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 4(1), 1-9. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=01
Chicago
Hossain, Arif. "ECONOMIC PROFILE OF SONARGAON CITY (AD. 14th to 16th CENTURY)." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 4, no. 1 (January 2019), 1-9. Accessed January, 2019. ijsser.org/more2019.php?id=01.

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Abstract:
Sonargaon lies three miles east of Narayanganj sub division of Dhaka, the capital of modern Bangladesh. Sonargaon was an administrative unit and also acted as the eastern capital of Bengal during the period under review. It played a great role in the economy of Bengal. Mint was established there in the early 14th century. It produced rice and cotton cloth in large quantities. The city of Sonargaon also acted as a port city carried long distance commercial activities within India and outside of India. A number of foreign travelers like Ibn Battuta, Hou Xian, Ma Huan, Ralph Fitch, F. Pelsaert and others, came here and penned down about its richness, fertile land, population, products especially cotton cloth like muslin, maritime trade and so on.

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