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TAMLUK , an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Midnapore See also:district of See also:Bengal, on the See also:river Rupnarayan . Pop . (19o1) 8805 . Under the name of '1'aniralipta was the See also:capital of the See also:Peacock See also:dynasty, and a seaport at which the See also:Chinese Buddhist pilgrims embarked . It is now 6o m. from the See also:sea, and the ruins of the old See also:city See also:lie deep beneath river silt . It contains the See also:palace of a See also:local See also:raja, and some temples of See also:peculiar construction . |
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