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West Bengal was under the rule of all Magadha-centric empires after the Nanda Empire. 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.
6.7 Governors of Bengal under Sur Empire (1532–1556) 6.8 Muhammad Shah dynasty (1554–1564) 6.9 Karrani dynasty ... (Local history of Burdwan, West Bengal, India ...
He invaded and defeated local kingdoms of Bengal. [35] The Nanda empire appears to have stretched from present-day Punjab in the west to Odisha and Bengal in the east. [36] According to the Jain tradition, the Nanda minister subjugated the entire country up to the coastal areas. [37]
West Bengal (/ b ɛ n ˈ ɡ ɔː l /; ISO: Paścimabaṅga, pronounced [ˈpoʃtʃimˈbɔŋɡo] ⓘ, abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of 88,752 km 2 (34,267 sq mi) as of 2011. The population estimate as of 2023 is ...
The state was established following the dissolution of the Bengal Sultanate, a major trading nation in the world, when the region was absorbed into the Mughal Empire. Bengal was the wealthiest region in the Indian subcontinent. Bengal Subah has been variously described the "Paradise of Nations" [6] and the "Golden Age of Bengal". [7]
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]
In the west, it included Presidency Division of West Bengal and may have extended to Burdwan Division and Medinipur division. [13] Its neighbors included Samatata in the east; Pundravardhana in the north; and Magadha, Anga, Suhma and Rarha in the west. The Vanga kingdom encompassed the many islands of the Ganges delta and the Sundarbans ...
The Bengal Sultanate controlled large parts of the eastern South Asia during its five dynastic periods, reaching its peak under Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah. Its raids and conquests reached Nepal in the north, Brahmaputra valley (modern-day Assam) in the east, and Jaunpur and Varanasi in the west. It was reputed as a thriving trading nation.