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Ladahachandra

ruler of the Chandra dynasty in Bengal

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Source revisionJun 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ6469242 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ladahachandra was the fourth ruler of the Chandra dynasty in eastern Bengal. Although he was a Buddhist and a renowned patron of Buddhism, he was also very sympathetic to Vaishnavite teachings (according to the two copperplates discovered at Mainamati).

References

Singh, Nagendra Kr. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Bangladesh. Anmol Publications Pvt Ltd. pp. 7–21. ISBN 81-261-1390-1.

Chowdhury, Abdul Momin (1967).

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The public source identifies “Ladahachandra” as ruler of the Chandra dynasty in Bengal. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ladahachandra, ruler and Chandra.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003, 1390, 1967—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ladahachandra, ruler and Chandra providing the first useful test.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6469242. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2003, 1390 and 1967.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ladahachandra” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.