Editing Sylhet (section)

==Etymology and names==
Sylhet is the [[Anglicisation (linguistics)|anglicisation]] of {{lang|bn|শিলহট}} (''Śilhôṭ''), one of the archaic native names for the city.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} The local name is generally thought to be directly derived from {{lang|sa|শ্রীহট্ট}} (''Śrīhaṭṭa''), the [[Sanskrit]] name of the city.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Monsur Musa |editor=Sharif Uddin Ahmed |chapter=History of the Study of the Dialect of Sylhet: Some Problems |title=Sylhet: History and Heritage |year=1999 |publisher=Bangladesh Itihas Samiti |isbn=978-984-31-0478-6 |pages=588 |language=en}}</ref> The city of Śrīhaṭṭa takes its name from ''Śrīhaṭṭanātha'', the [[tutelary deity]] of  the Nātha dynasty who promoted the early settlement of [[Nath|Nātha]]s in the Surma and [[Barak Valley|Barak]] valleys between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, founding the Śrīhaṭṭa ''[[janapada]]'' and establishing ''[[Hattanath|Śrīhaṭṭanātha]]'' idols across the region.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mujibur Rahman |last=Chowdhury |title=গৌড়-বঙ্গে মুসলিম বিজয় এবং সুফি-সাধকদের কথা |trans-title=Muslim conquest in Gauḍa-Vaṅga and discussion about Sufi ascetics |language=bn |url=https://sylheterdak.com.bd/details.php?id=30429 |work=[[Sylheter Dak]] |date=31 July 2019 |access-date=30 January 2023 |archive-date=5 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005052346/http://sylheterdak.com.bd/details.php?id=30429 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The later [[Hindu]] [[raja|monarch]]s of Sylhet, such as [[Gour Govinda]], continued to pay tribute to the deity as ''Hāṭkeśvara'' or ''Haṭṭanātha'' as evident from the [[Puranas|Devipurana]] and copper-plate inscriptions.<ref name=achyut>{{cite book |author=[[Achyut Charan Choudhury|Choudhury, Achyut Charan]] |title=Srihatter Itibritta: Uttorangsho |year=2000 |orig-year=1916 |publisher=Kotha |location=Kolkata |language=Bangla |url=https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4_-_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B6.pdf/%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A7 |page=21 |chapter=উত্তর শ্রীহট্টের নামতত্ত্ব}}</ref>