 A traceable history of Chandrakona and its adjoining areas begins to emerge about 690 A.D. when the Malla Dynasty was founded at Bishnupur.It must have been at that time a prosperous place, but not much else is certain.Historically, it was turbulent times; the anarchical period known as "Matsyanyaya" (মাৎসানঔয়) in the history of Bengal.