Kamatapur

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Kamatapur

Ruined city in Cooch Behar State, Bengal, situated in 26 degree 23' N. and 89 degree 21' E. The city is reputed to have been founded by Raja Niladhwaj, the first of the Khen kings. Its ruins indicate that it must have been a very extensive place. Dr. Buchanan Hamilton in 1809 found that it occupied an area 19 miles in circum- ference, 5 of which were defended by the Dharla, and the rest by a rampart and ditch. The city consisted of several enclosures, one within the other, the centre one being occupied by the king's palace. Kamatapur was abandoned and fell into decay after the overthrow of Raja Nilambar by Ala-ud-din Husain, king of Bengal, towards the close of the fifteenth century. Kamatapur figures conspicuously as Comotay in some of the earlier maps of India.

[Sir W. W. Hunter, Statistical Account of Bengal (1876), vol. x, pp. 362-70.3