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The history of Bengal is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It includes modern-day Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal , Tripura and Assam 's Karimganj district , located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, at the apex of the Bay ...
The West Bengal part denotes the Presidency Division, Burdwan Division, Medinipur Division and Murshidabad district of Malda Division. [3] Bay of Bengal is located at the end of southern part of Bangladesh and West Bengal .
The Bangladeshi part includes Khulna Division, Barisal Division and the proposed Faridpur Division [86] The part of South Bengal of West Bengal includes Presidency division, Burdwan division and Medinipur division. [87] [88] [89] The Sundarbans, a major biodiversity hotspot, is located in South Bengal. Bangladesh hosts 60% of the forest, with ...
Deva Dynasty (c. 12th – 13th centuries) was a Bengali Hindu dynasty which originated in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent; the dynasty ruled over eastern Bengal after the Sena dynasty. The capital of the dynasty was Bikrampur in present-day Munshiganj District of Bangladesh .
This is a list of rulers of Bengal.For much of its history, Bengal was split up into several independent kingdoms, completely unifying only several times. In ancient times, Bengal consisted of the kingdoms of Pundra, Suhma, Vanga, Samatata and Harikela.
The Gauḍa kingdom (Gauṛa Rājya) (Bengali : গৌড় রাজ্য) was a kingdom during the Classical era in the Indian subcontinent, which originated in the Gauda region of Bengal (modern-day West Bengal and Bangladesh) [2] [3] in 4th century CE or possibly earlier. [4]
Image of a boat inscribed on a terracotta plaque of the Jor Bangla Temple, Bishnupur; 1655 CE.. The Maritime history of Bengal (Bengali: বাংলার সামুদ্রিক ইতিহাস; Bānglāra Sāmudrika Itihāsa), represents the era of recorded human interaction with the sea in the southern region of Bengal, including shipping and shipbuilding, shipwrecks, naval warfare ...
Tamralipta in West Bengal was the main seaport of the Magadha-centered Maurya Empire. [6] Most of the West Bengal's territory was ruled under the Gupta Empire, that arose in northern India after the collapse of the Magadha-centric empires. In Bengal, the Gaur kingdom was established in 690 AD, which spread across West Bengal and present-day ...