Chandraketugarh

Chandraketugarh is a group of villages in the Ganges delta, in West Bengal's 24 Parganas region, about 35 kilometres north-east of Kolkata. Once linked to the Ganga by the Bidyadhari river, it was an important trading and perhaps political centre in early historic times, and it may be the Gangaridai described by Greek and Roman writers. The Asutosh Museum excavated here between 1957 and 1968 and found remains from several periods. Many of its terracottas are now in museums in India and abroad.

The name comes from a mound at Berachampa once called Chandraketur Garh, the fort of a legendary king Chandraketu, and Chandraketu's Fort is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India. Another mound is linked to the medieval astrologer Khana and to Mihir, and a heritage mosque honours the 14th-century missionary Pir Gorachand. Harua Road is the nearest railway station.