Bengal

Also known as Bangal

thumb|Geographical distribution of the Bengali language.

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Bengal is a historical region in South Asia, primarily in what is now eastern India and Bangladesh, where the Bengali language is spoken. It matters because it is home to a large population of Bengali speakers and has been an important cultural and geographical area in South Asian history.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Bengal
Settlement.image_map: Bengal in Asia.jpg
Settlement.map_caption: Bengal region in Asia
Settlement.type: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type: Continent
Settlement.subdivision_name: Asia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Countries
Settlement.subdivision_name1: (West Bengal, Karimganj district of Assam)
Settlement.established_title: Iron Age India, Vedic India, Suhma kingdom, Pundravardhana, Vanga kingdom
Settlement.established_date: 1500 – c. 500 BCE
Settlement.established_title1: Gangaridai, Nanda Empire
Settlement.established_date1: 500 – c. 350 BCE
Settlement.established_title2: Mauryan Empire
Settlement.established_date2: 4th century – 2nd century BCE
Settlement.established_title3: Shunga Empire, Gupta Empire, Later Gupta dynasty
Settlement.established_date3: 185–75 BCE, 3rd century CE – 543 CE, 6th–7th century
Settlement.established_title4: Gauda Kingdom
Settlement.established_date4: 590–633 CE

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Encyclopedic overview

60 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Antiquity
Sultanate period
Mughal period
Colonial era (1757–1947)
Partition of Bengal (1947)
Geography
Geographic distinctions
North Bengal
Northeast Bengal
Central Bengal
South Bengal
Southeast Bengal
Places of interest
Other regions
Arakan
Assam
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Bihar
Chittagong Hill Tracts
Malay Archipelago
Meghalaya
North India
Odisha
Tibet
Tripura
Flora and fauna
Politics
Bangladeshi Republic
Indian Bengal
Crossborder relations
Economy
Stock markets
Ports and harbours
Chambers of commerce
Intra-Bengal trade
Demographics
Major cities
Other major cities in West Bengal
Other major cities in Bangladesh
Culture
Language
Currency
Literature
Personification
Art
Architecture
Sciences
Music
Cuisine
Boats
Attire
Festivals
Media
Sports
See also
Notes
References
External links

thumb|Geographical distribution of the Bengali language.

Bengal ( ) is a geographical, ethnolinguistic, historically geopolitical region in South Asia, located north of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is politically divided between the sovereign state of Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and Karimganj district in the Indian state of Assam.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bengal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.