The Forgotten Port Where the Whole World Once Came | Adi Saptagram | Stories of Bengal

Five hundred years ago, long before Kolkata became the gateway to Bengal, there was another port where merchants from Arabia, Persia, China and Portugal arrived with silver, silk and spices. Today, Adi Saptagram looks like an ordinary village near Bandel. Yet beneath its quiet roads lies the story of one of medieval Bengal's greatest international river ports. In this journey, we travel through the forgotten remains of Adi Saptagram to uncover: • Why it became one of Bengal's richest trading centres • How Sultanate Bengal established a royal mint here • Why Ibn Battuta travelled to Saptagram • The arrival of Arab, Persian and Portuguese merchants • The story of Raghunath Das Goswami, who abandoned unimaginable wealth • The connection to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and the Bhakti movement • How the silting of the Saraswati River destroyed an international port and changed Bengal's history forever This episode is part of Stories of Bengal, a cinematic motorcycle travel documentary series exploring the forgotten history hidden across Bengal. #AdiSaptagram #Saptagram #Satgaon #StoriesOfBengal #historyofbengal #bengalhistory #ancientindia #forgottenhistory #ibnbattuta #hooghly #RiverPort #indianhistory #বাংলারইতিহাস #আদিসপ্তগ্রাম #motovlog My Gears: 360 Degree Camera: https://link.amazon/B0fG8GjEW DJi Action Camera 5 : https://amzn.to/4f0OP5E Wireless Microphone: https://link.amazon/B0hyoWJ0W Mobile : https://link.amazon/B0apNO5Rn Laptop: https://link.amazon/B0dYd4ePM Mouse: https://link.amazon/B0buDdoCf Headphone: https://link.amazon/B07TRHniz Additional Monitor: https://link.amazon/B0cibkNDq Studio Lights: https://link.amazon/B0c8c54jF Light Diffuser: https://link.amazon/B0d8uFRLe Power Bank: https://link.amazon/B0c3HMlcg Helmet Bluetooth: https://link.amazon/B02wgrb7P