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Varendra
Museum (Bengali: বরেন্দ্র
জাদুঘর)
is
a
museum,
research
centre,
and
popular
visitor
attraction
at
the
heart
of Rajshahi and
maintained
by Rajshahi
University in
Bangladesh.
It
is
considered
the
oldest
museum
in
Bangladesh.
It
was
the
first
museum
to
be
established
in
East
Bengal
in
1910.
The
museum
started
out
as
the
collection
for
Varendra
Anushandan
Samiti
(or
Varendra
Investigation
Society)
and
got
its
current
name
in
1919.
The
Rajahs
of
Rajshahi
and
Natore,
notably
prince
Sharat
Kumar
Ray,
donated
their
personal
collections
to
Varendra
Museum.
Varendra
refers
to
an
ancient
Janapada
roughly
corresponding
to
modern
northern
Bangladesh.
Quick
Facts:
Established,
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History
Varendra
(or
Barind)
was
a
region
of
Bengal,
now
in
Bangladesh.
It
included
the
Pundravardhana
or
Pundra
Kingdom
region.
According
to
Cunningham
the
boundary
of
Varendra
was
the
Ganges
and
the
Mahananda
on
the
west,
the
Karatoya
on
the
east,
the
Padma
on
the
south,
and
the
land
between
Koochbihar
and
the
Terai
on
the
north.
The
Varendra
Brahmins
originated
from
this
region.
Ancient
Bengal
did
not
have
any
Brahmins
in
its
community.
It
is
popularly
believed
that
Brahmins
were
brought
in
to
preach
Hindutva,
though
really
not
the
Vedic
Hinduism
as
it
is
commonly
believed,
but
more
of
the
Pouranik
Hinduism
type,
which
evolved
after
Buddhism
flourished.
This
Pouranik
Hinduism
is
what
we
know
as
Brahmanism.
Varendra
(Barendra)
Bhumi,
i.e.,
modern-day
North
Bengal,
had
its
Brahminism
awakening
soon
after
the
south
got
its
share.
Shyamal
Varman,
a
Kshatriya
King
brought
five
Brahmanas
from
Kanouj
—
Sanaka,
Bhardwaja,
Savarna,
Sandilya,
and
Vasistha.
The
Bhatariya,
Maitreya,
Satar,
Baghshree
and
Laheria
villages
soon
gave
birth
to
the
Brahmin
clans
of
Bhaduri,
Moitra,
Sanyal,
Bagchi
and
Lahiri.
These
came
to
be
known
as
the
Varendra
(Barendra)
Brahmins.
The
settlement
of
Varendra,
spoken
as
Janakabhu
(fatherland),
was
one
of
the
most
flourishing
territories
of
the
ancient
Indian
sub-continent.
Literary
and
epigraphic
evidence
show
that
a
separate
school
of
artisans
earned
wide
reputation
here
at
the
reign
of
Pala
dynasty
and
the
streams
of
art
making
were
uninterrupted
until
the
Sena
dynasty.
Some
of
the
leading
and
enlightened
citizens
of
Rajshahi
felt
the
necessity
and
justification
of
establishing
such
an
institution
that
would
explore
the
precious
past
of
this
region.
Henceforth,
'The
Varendra
Research
Society'
was
established
in
1910.
The
founder
of
the
society,
Kumar
Sarat
Kumar
Ray,
the
scion
of
the
Dighapatiya
Royal
family
accompanied
by
Aksaya
Kumar
Maitreya,
a
leading
lawyer
and
renowned
historian; Ramaprasad
Chanda,
a
reputed
scholar
in
history,
art
and
archaeology;
and
others
explored
archaeological
and
historical
artefacts
excavated
in
villages
of
Rajshahi.
The
conviction
grew
in
Kumar's
mind
if
a
centre
of
archaeological
research
was
to
be
established
at
Rajshahi,
the
finds
should
be
preserved
there
as
the
nucleus
of
a
local
museum.
Accordingly,
to
collect,
preserve,
study
and
research
the
history
and
culture
of
ancient
and
medieval
Bangal
in
general,
and
of
Varendra
region
in
particular,
three
worthy
sons
of
the
soil
mentioned
above
took
the
effort
to
establish
a
museum.
The
Varendra
Research
Society
and
Museum
was
set
up
at
Rajshahi
in
1910.
It
is
the
premier
institution
of
its
kind
and
the
splendid
accomplishment
of
its
organisation
in
Bangladesh.
The
role
of
the
society
concerning
the
museum
was
that
of
proprietor
and
caretaker.
However,
this
was
formally
inaugurated
on
27
September
1910
and
was
registered
in
1914
in
accordance
with
the
Indian
Society
Act,
1860.
Varendra
Museum
was
the
first
museum
to
be
established
in
erstwhile East
Bengal in
1910.
It
started
as
the
collection
for Varendra
Anushandhan
Samiti or Varendra
Investigation
Society and
got
its
current
name
in
1919.
The Rajahs
of
Rajshahi and Natore (notably Prince
Sharat
Kumar
Ray)
donated
their
personal
collections
to
Varendra
Museum. Varendra refers
to
an
ancient Janapada roughly
corresponding
to
modern
northern
Bangladesh.
Excavation
at Sompur
Bihara
