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Pandua

Gazole community development block, India

Pandua, also historically known as Hazrat Pandua and later Firuzabad, is a ruined city in the Malda district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It served as the capital city of the independent Sultanate of Bengal for nearly a century, until the capital was moved to nearby Lakhnauti in 1450.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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