16/05/2025
Mahanavika Buddhagupta a Bengali merchant and a great sailor, established a kingdom in Malaysia. Buddhagupta's journey from a place known as Tanah Merah, its origin to the 'Red Earth Land of Gauda' in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent. The word 'Chi Tu' means red soil, 'Gouji' means Gauda kingdom. Maharaj Buddhagupta is remembered forever by the people of India for establishing Indian culture outside India.
the inscription of Buddhagupta which quoted the following:
"Añjanāccīẏatē karma janmanaḥ karma kāraṇa (ma) jñānānucīẏatē (karma karmābhābānna jāẏatē) Mahānāvika Bud'dhaguptasya Raktamrttikā bāsa (ṯvyasya) sarbē prakārēṇa sarbāsmiṇa sarbathā sa(ra)ba sid'dha yāta (raḥ)santu"
This inscription gives details about the great navigator Buddhagupta and his abode Raktamritika or today's Rangamati. Later, excavations at Raktamritika or Rangamati and Rajbaridanga led to the discovery of Karnasuvarna, the capital of Gaudadhipati Shashanka.
References :- 1. Chhabra, B. Ch., “Expansion of Indo-Aryan Culture during Pallava Rule” in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. 1, 1935; Calcutta: The Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal 1936, pp. 16-20.
2. Beal, Samuel, Si-Yu-Ki, Buddhist Records of the Western World: Translated from the Chinese of Hiuen Tsiang (AD 629), Vol. 2; London: Trübner & Co., 1884, pp. 201-204. . Beal, Samuel, The Life of Hiuen Tsiang by the Shaman Hwui Li; London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1911, pp. 131-132.
3. Das, Sudhir Ranjan, Rajbadidanga: 1962 (Chiruti: Jadupur: An Interim Report on Excavations at Rajbadidanga and Terracotta Seals and Sealings), Reprint; Kolkata: The Asiatic Society, 2003 (1968).
4. Kerajaan Chih-Tu : Kerajaan Awal Yang Yujud de Negeri Kelantan ~ Zuliskandar Ramli
5. The Kingdom of Red Earth (Chitu Guo) in Cambodia and Vietnam from the Sixth to Eighth Centuries ~ Tatsuo Hoshino