Pratapaditya
Sign in to savePratapaditya Guha was a zamindar and King of Jessore of southern Bengal, before being defeated by the Mughal Empire. Supported by the Portuguese, he was eulogized by 19th and 20th century Bengali historians as a resistor against Mughal in Jessore but the statements are still debated.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 101
Top works
- The Sacred and secular in Indian art
- Lamiast art
- Vaisnava art from Nepal in the Museum
- Paintings from Nepal in the Prince of Wales Museum
- Notes on two sculptures of the Gupta period
via Open Library + Wikidata
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Jashore District
- Place of death
- Varanasi
- Religion
- Hinduism
Show 2 more facts
- date of birth
- 1561-00-00
- date of death
- 1611-00-00
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~13 min read
Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Kingdom of Jessore
- Trade and Economy
- Military strength
- Extent of dominion
- Slavery and religious tensions in Kingdom
- Enslavement of Portuguese Women
- Demolition of Churches in Jessore
- Sources
- History
- Background
- Biography
- Rise to power
- Conflict with Portuguese
- Mughal imperialism
- In popular culture
- 1750–1850
- 1850–1900
- Notes
- References
Pratapaditya Guha was a zamindar and King of Jessore of southern Bengal, before being defeated by the Mughal Empire. Supported by the Portuguese, he was eulogized by 19th and 20th century Bengali historians as a resistor against Mughal in Jessore but the statements are still debated.
== Kingdom of Jessore == thumb|Map of Kingdom of Jessore under Pratapaditya
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pratapaditya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.