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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gosanimari
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]]
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| population_total = 6410
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Sitai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sitai]]
| website = {{URL|coochbehar.gov.in/}}
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'''Gosanimari''' (also known as ''Khalisa Gosanimari'') is both a village and an [[archaeological site]] in [[Dinhata I]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]], in the [[Dinhata subdivision]] of the [[Cooch Behar district]] of [[West Bengal]], north-eastern India. The name of this site was taken from the modern grampanchyat name of the [[Dinhata subdivision]].

==Geography==
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===Location===
Gosanimari is located at {{coord|26.032|N|89.484|E|display=inline}}.

===Area overview===
The map alongside shows the eastern part of the district. In Tufanganj subdivision 6.97% of the population lives in the urban areas and 93.02% lives in the rural areas. In Dinhata subdivision 5.98% of the population lives in the urban areas and 94.02% lives in the urban areas.<ref name="handbook">{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2013 Cooch Behar |work = Tables 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 5 August 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The entire district forms the flat [[alluvium|alluvial]] flood plains of mighty rivers.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1903_PART_A_DCHB_KOCH%20BIHAR.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Koch Bihar, Series 20, Part XIIA| work= Census of India 2011, pages 17-21 Physical feafures| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 5 August 2020}}</ref>

<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>

==Excavation==
[[File:Mound of Rajpat of Gosanimari at Cooch Behar district in West Bengal 27.jpg|thumb|right|A fountain in the mound at [[Rajpat]]]]
===Excavation Site===
The site contains ruins of [[Rajpat]] which served as the capital of [[Kamata kingdom]],<ref name=dooars>{{cite web|title=Gosanimari |url=http://dooarstours.com/tdtt/index.php/destinations/gosanimari |publisher=dooarstours.com |access-date=8 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120032212/http://dooarstours.com/tdtt/index.php/destinations/gosanimari |archive-date=20 November 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Excavation at Rajpat Mound, 1998-2000|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India|url=http://www.asikolkata.in/Publications_files/excavation_rajpat-98-2k.pdf}}</ref> occupying a large area of ancient Kamarupa and Vanga.

===Excavation history===
[[Francis Buchanan-Hamilton|Dr. Buchanan Hamilton]] in 1808 had left a vivid description along with a sketch of the mound and site which still hold good in authenticity. According to [[R. D. Banerji|Dr. R.D. Banerjee]], [[Kamata kingdom]] stood as buffer between eastern Kamrupa and the [[Bengal Sultanate]] in the 15th century CE. He is of the opinion that the [[Khen dynasty|Khens]] might have built Gosanimari, but it is also possible that these Mongoloid people only used the ruins of fortification which had been built several centuries earlier. After the independence [[Archaeological Survey of India]] took over the responsibility of this site.<ref name="ASI Kolkata" />

===Findings===
It is believed parts of the ancient kingdoms important temples and buildings are now buried under a large grass grown mound. So far two large stone wells have been excavated, along with a large stone walls and a number of idols too. Pottery work includes vases, bowls, basin, dish, beaker etc. The facial and physiognomical delineation indicate the idols are the products of c. 11th and 12th century AD and influenced by Pala-Sena school of art.<ref name="ASI Kolkata">{{cite book|title=Excavation at Rajpat mound|url=http://www.asikolkata.in/Publications_files/excavation_rajpat-98-2k.pdf}}</ref>

==Rulers==
In 1260, it became the seat of power of Kamata ruler [[Sandhya (ruler of Kamarupa)|Sandhya]], who shifted his capital from Kamarupanagara (present-day [[North Guwahati]]) due to the frequent clashes he faced from the Kacharis from the south-east border in what is modern-day [[Assam]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/KochRajbanshiAndKamatapurTheTruth.Unveiled2007|title=Koch Rajbanshi And Kamatapur The Truth. Unveiled (2007)|last=Capt. Nalini Ranjan Ray |page=29|accessdate=1 May 2019|quote=In the year 1260, Sandhya shifted his capital from present day Guwahati to Kamtapur in present day Cooch Behar. This change he made was to avoid frequent skirmishes created by the neighbouring Kacharis along the southeastern border and to facilitate the king to effectively engage the invading Muslim rulers from south-western states.}}</ref> Later it was held by the [[Khen dynasty]] until 1498 AD, when [[Alauddin Husain Shah|Hussein Shah]] of [[Gaur]] unsurp power by defeating [[Nilambar of Kamata]]. From the early 16th century, it was ruled by the [[Koch dynasty]] founded by [[Biswa Singha]].<ref name="Tourism tag -The telegraph">{{cite news|title=Traders cry for tourism tag|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080825/jsp/siliguri/story_9738679.jsp|access-date=9 November 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=25 August 2008}}</ref>

When the English came along they Anglicized the term Koch to Cooch, hence the name [[Cooch Behar]] State.{{fact|date=June 2018}}

==Culture==
[[File:Gosanimari Kamteshwari Temple at Cooch Behar District In West Bengal 10.jpg|thumb|right|Kamteswari temple]]
The [[Kamteswari temple]] was built by Maharaja Pran Narayan in 1665.

==Demographics==
As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Khalisa Gosanimari had a total population of 6,410. There were 3,295 (51%) males and 3,115 (49%) females. There were 788 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Khalisa Gosanimari was 3,993 (71.02% of the population over 6 years).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 9 August 2020}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Gosanimari Block Primary Health Centre, with 30 beds at Gosanimari, is the major government medical facility in the Dinhata I CD block.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals | publisher = Government of West Bengal|access-date = 29 July 2020}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|3}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Khalisa Gosanimari, Dinhata I CD block}}

{{Cooch Behar District}}
{{Temple towns in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Villages in Cooch Behar district]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in West Bengal]]
[[Category:History of Cooch Behar]]

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