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The Bengal Sultanate (Middle Bengali: বাঙ্গালা সালতানাত, Classical Persian: سلطنت بنگاله [6]) was a late medieval sultanate based in the Bengal region in the eastern South Asia between the 14th and 16th century.
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 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.
Gaur/Gour, as it is spelled mostly in modern times, refers to Lakhnauti the ruined city located on the India-Bangladesh border. Most of the former citadel is located in present-day the Malda district of West Bengal, India, while a smaller part is located in Chapainawabganj District of Bangladesh.
The table found in the traditional arithmetic of Bengal contained 1260 cowries instead of one silver coin (Purana or Dramma). That is, the ratio of Purana and Kapardaka is 1: 1280. Reliable evidence of the widespread use of cowrie in early medieval Bengal has been found in excavations at Paharpur and Kalgang (Bihar near Bhagalpur). Early ...
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The Pāla Empire (r. 750–1161 CE) [1] [2] was an imperial power during the post-classical period in the Indian subcontinent, [18] which originated in the region of Bengal.It is named after its ruling dynasty, whose rulers bore names ending with the suffix Pāla ("protector" in Sanskrit).
Gauḍa (also known as Gaur, Gour, [1] Lakhnauti, Lakshmanavati and Jannatabad) is a historic city of Bengal in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, [2] and one of the most prominent capitals of classical and medieval India, being the capital city of Bengal under several kingdoms.