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Varendra research Society (Varendra Anusandhan Samiti) was established(1910) in Rajshahi, now in Bangladesh, primarily with the objective of “sequential investigation of evidences in Varendra region”.1 But the Varendra Research Society had not ceased its sense of duty by means of accumulating the evidences of history of Bengal or by making the display of the same in its museum. It is to be highlighted that the Society executed a number of sustaining operations to realize the vision of the reconstruction of early history of history of Bengal. Undeniably, the research and publication was one of the key mission in the line.2 Accordingly, the skilled scholars of the VRS carried out research scheme from the very beginning with the basis of the stuffs collected by the society, formerly discovered evidences and utilizing its own handy reference library. And thus the Society took in hand the programme of compilation of the upshots of research activities and publish them in a series of work named ‘Gaudavivarana’ . Intended for the motive of discussion of different subject matters in different divisions , the VRS divided the ‘Gaudavivarana’ into eight sections:3 i)Rajamala (Dynastic History), ii)Shilpamala( Art), iii)Vivaranamala( Antiquarian Topography), iv)Lekhamala( Inscriptions), v)Granthamala( Old Sanskrit text), vi)Jatitattva (Ethnology), vii)Shrimurtitattva (Iconography) and viii)Upaasak Sampraday (Religious Sects).