Bengal

Map of the Bengal region: Bangladesh and West Bengal, India

Bengal is a region in the Indian subcontinent that is split between two countries - Bangladesh and India. Both parts used to be united, although historically part of British India; today West Bengal is part of India and East Bengal is Bangladesh. It contains the Ganges Delta, the largest in the world.

Bengal Media

Geographical distribution of the Bengali language
Pottery with processional scenes from the Chandraketugarh region of West Bengal, India, c. 100 BC.
Goddess Durga, Pala period, 10th century.
Delhi Sultanate Coin from Gaur, Bengal in the British Museum
Coinage of Vanga Kingdom, 400–300 BCE
Atisa of Bikrampur
Buddhist palm leaf manuscript, 10th century CE.
Chinese manuscript showing an African giraffe gifted to China by the Sultan of Bengal in 1414
Mughal painting showing Emperor Akbar offering prayers after the conquest of Bengal
Art of Murshidabad. An ivory elephant tusk crafted into a model of the Royal Peacock Barge of the Nawab of Bengal

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