Banglapedia
Sign in to saveBanglapedia: '''the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh''' is the first Bangladeshi encyclopedia. It is available in print, CD-ROM format and online, in both Bengali and English. The print version comprises fourteen 500-page volumes. The first edition was published in January 2003 in ten volumes by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. with a plan to update it every two years. The second edition was issued in 2012 in fourteen volumes.
Key facts
- Book.name
- Banglapedia
- Book.image
- Banglapedia.svg
- Book.image_size
- 220px
- Book.caption
- National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh
- Book.orig_lang_code
- bn
- Book.translator
- Various
- Book.country
- Bangladesh
- Book.language
- Bengali, English
- Book.subject
- Various
- Book.genre
- Encyclopedia
- Book.publisher
- Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- Book.pub_date
- January 2003
- Book.media_type
- Print (hardcover), CD-ROM, Online
- Book.pages
- 14 Volumes
- Book.isbn
- 984-32-0576-6
- Book.oclc
- 52727562
- Book.native_external_url
- http://bn.banglapedia.org
- Book.website
- (English Edition) (Bengali Edition)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Website
- Named after
- encyclopedia
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Country of origin
- Bangladesh
- Publisher
- Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- Official website
- en.banglapedia.org
- Has parts of class
- article
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- language of work or name
- English language
- publication date
- 2003-01-00
- title
- Banglapedia
- volume
- 14
- Alexa rank
- 112841
- form of creative work
- encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Development
- History of Bengali-language encyclopedias
- Content
- Operational definition of Bangladesh
- Working team
- Electronic versions
- Controversy
- See also
- References
- External links
Banglapedia: '''the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh' is the first Bangladeshi encyclopedia. It is available in print, CD-ROM format and online, in both Bengali and English. The print version comprises fourteen 500-page volumes. The first edition was published in January 2003 in ten volumes by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. with a plan to update it every two years. The second edition was issued in 2012 in fourteen volumes.
Banglapedia'' was not designed as a general encyclopedia but as a specialized encyclopedia on Bangladesh-related topics. For the encyclopedia's purposes, Bangladesh is defined as the territory comprising ancient Eastern India, Bengal Sultanate, Bengal Subah, Bengal Presidency, East Bengal, East Pakistan, and the independent Bangladesh, in historical succession.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Banglapedia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.