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Rarh – The Cradle of Civilization

by Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

Gondwanaland was a super–continent that existed hundreds of millions of years ago. And the very oldest part of that continent later came to be called Rarh ("land of laterite soil"). That ancient land is now to be found within the Indian sub–continent, occupying an area mostly coextensive with the western part of West Bengal. With Rarh as the nucleus, civilization developed throughout Bengal, and the influence of Rarh spread to other lands as well. In this book the author tells this story.