Saptagram

Saptagram
সপ্তগ্রাম
Saraswati River at Saptagram
Saptagram is located in West Bengal
Saptagram
Location of Gauḍa in West Bengal, India
Saptagram is located in India
Saptagram
Location of Gauḍa in India
Alternative nameSatgaon
LocationHooghly district, West Bengal, India
Coordinates22°58′00″N 88°23′00″E / 22.9667°N 88.3833°E / 22.9667; 88.3833
TypePort, settlement
History
FoundedPrior to 9th century
AbandonedStarted declining 17th to18th century

Saptagram (colloquially called Satgaon) was an ancient major port, the chief city and sometimes capital of southern Bengal, in ancient and medieval times of Bengal, the location presently being in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is about 4 km from Bandel, a major rail junction. By the early twentieth century, the place had dwindled to a group of insignificant huts.[1] The port had to be abandoned because of the silting up and consequent drying of the Saraswati River.

  1. ^ Cotton, H.E.A., Calcutta Old and New, 1909/1980, p. 2, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.