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Sonargaon's importance in the pre-Muslim period is borne out by its ancient name of Suvarnagrama. The 13th century local Hindu ruler Danujamadhava Dasharathadeva (Raja danuj rai of Ziauddin Barani) may have shifted his capital to Suvarnagrama from vikramapura sometime in the middle of the century. Independent Hindu rule in Sonargaon came to an end with the annexation of the area to the Muslim principality of lakhnauti by shamsuddin firuz shah in the beginning of the 14th century AD. Though the fortune of Sonargaon was under a temporary eclipse from its annexation to the kingdom of Lakhnauti till the rise of ghiyasuddin bahadur shah, the city continued to be important as a port and a mint town.