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Synopsis Mainamati-Lalmai area is a "small strip f hilly land (11x5 Miles)" in the Comilla district on the eastern border of Bangladesh. This hill-range area, though small, has yielded a rich treasure of Sanskrit inscriptions and archaeological artifacts belonging to the period of 7th to 13th centuries C.E. A comprehensive and coherent reconstruction of history from this rich evidence was a long-felt desideratum. The present study fulfills that lacuna in an eminent way.

The author gives a brief geographical and geo-ecological survey of the area and  of its archaeological sites and excavations. He then sets the full Sanskrit epigraphically material-photographs of copper-plates etc., their transcriptions and translations-as also other archaeological artifacts-coins, plaques, pottery, images, etc. From this evidence, he then reconstructs the political history-kings and dynasties-of this area and corroborates it from artifacts and geographical identifications of locations mentioned in the inscriptions. The work throws a flood of light on the much less known history and culture of the south-eastern Bengal.

The book will be of much interest to historians, archaeologists, researchers and students engaged in inscriptional and archaeological studies.