Artefacts suggest that the site was continuously inhabited and flourished through the Shunga-Kushana period, onwards through the Gupta period and finally into the Pala-Sena period. Archaeological studies suggest that Chandraketugarh was an important town and a port city. It had a high encircling wall complete with a rampart and moat.
Archaeological findings show that Chandraketugarh was inhabited continuously from the Shunga-Kushana period to the Gupta era, and finally into the Pala-Sena period. Archaeological studies indicate that Chandraketugarh was an important town and port city, with a large wall surrounding it including a rampart and moat.