Debalgarh

Debalgarh is an archaeological site at Debagram Anulia village in Nadia district, about 75 km from Kolkata. Finds from the post-Gupta, Pala, Sena and Sultanate periods point to some 1,500 years of settlement, and it is believed to have been a trading centre in Sena times, with anchor stones and gold and silver coins among the finds. Villagers know it as the palace of Debal Raja. No government agency has excavated here, but pottery, lamps and Buddhist and Vishnu images have been found, and many local finds are kept in the Debagram Museum.

The site is a square of about 1 km a side. A rampart of mud and brick 15 to 20 feet wide enclosed the fort, with a moat 40–50 metres across outside it, now largely gone. Of four corner watchtowers only the north-west one survives, still about 60 feet high. At the centre is a large pond, Debala or Rajar pukur, and mounds to the north lie in the Debagram Reserve Forest.