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Gauḍa, Gaur, or Gour , also known as Lakhnauti, is a ruined city on the India-Bangladesh border, most of the former citadel is located in present-day the Malda district of West Bengal, India, while a smaller part is located in Nawabganj District of Bangladesh. This city was on the east bank of the Ganges river, downstream from Rajmahal, 12 km south of Malda. Howeverver, the current course of the Ganges is far away from the ruins.
Gauda may refer to:
- Gauḍa (city), in Gauḍa (region), Bengal.
- Gauda Kingdom, a kingdom during the 5th to 7th century in Bengal, (present-day Gauda city)
- Gauda (king), ruler of Numidia during 1st century BC
- Gauḍa brahmins, part of Pancha-Gauda, India
- Gaudu, Nepal, a village in the Gandaki Zone
Gauda , was a territory located in Bengal in ancient and medieval times, as part of the Gauda Kingdom.
Gauda was a king of Numidia, who reigned from 105 BC to 88 BC. He was the son of Mastanabal and a grandson of Masinissa. Gauda was thus also a half-brother of Jugurtha. He was the father of Hiempsal II and the grandfather of Juba I.
According to Sallust during the Jugurthine War, Gauda had petitioned the Roman commander Q. Caecilius Metellus to allow him a seat, like a prince, next to himself, and a troop of horse for a bodyguard; but Metellus had refused both demands because such a seat was granted only to those whom the Roman people had addressed as kings, and the guard would be seen as an indignity to Romans. An offended Gauda then conspired with Gaius Marius to seek revenge for the affronts by blackening Metellus' reputation and having him stripped of his command and replaced with Marius.
Gauda became king of a much reduced Numidia after Jugurtha was defeated and captured by the Romans led by Gaius Marius.