Chand Sadagar was a rich and powerful sea merchant of Champaknagar in Eastern India.
11 Facts About Chand Sadagar
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Medieval Bengali poet Bipradas Pipilai mentioned in his "Manasamangal Kavya" that merchant ship of Chand Sadagar used to proceed to the sea from ancient Champaknagar of Kamarupa after passing through Tribeni, situated at the junction of Saptagram and the confluence of Ganges, Saraswati and Jamuna River of modern-day West Bengal.
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Narayan Dev in the Assamese scriptures gave an account in his Manasamangal about the merchant ship of the trader Chand Saudagar proceeding to the sea from ancient Champaknagar of Assam passing through Saptagram and Tribeni, the tri-junction of the Ganges, Saraswati and Jamuna River.
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Chand Sadagar, who was a Merchant is believed to be the ancient descendant of the ethnic Bania community of Assam.
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Chand Sadagar was a rich and powerful river and sea merchant of Champaknagar, Kamarupa who lived between 200 and 300 AD.
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Narayan Dev gave an account in his Manasamangal about the merchant ship of the trader Chand Sadagar Saudagar proceeding to the sea from ancient Champaknagar of Assam passing through Saptagram and Tribeni, the tri-junction of the Ganges, Saraswati and Jamuna River.
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Further, it has been established in the history book "Mangaldai Buranji" by the historian Dineswar Sarma that Chand Sadagar belonged to ancient Bania community whose predecessors are represented by the Assamese Bania community today.
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However, people with direct lineage of Chand Sadagar are still there in Udalguri and Tangla district of Assam.
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The ruins and statue of Chand Sadagar are found in Chhaygaon Area of Assam.
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Champaknagar of Chand Sadagar has been claimed by both the Bengali and Assamese people of India to be situated in their respective states.
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We know from the story of Manasamangal that Chand Sadagar was a staunch Shaivite and he even built a Shiva temple in his house.