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Egypt has been represented in every age as the finest and most fruitful country in the world, and even our modern writers deny that there is any other land so peculiarly favoured by nature; but the knowledge I have acquired of Bengal, during two visits paid to that Kingdom inclines me to believe that pre-eminence ascribed to Egypt is rather due to Bengal. (French traveller Francois Bernier)


Clickable World From Mapquest	Asia	Possible Migration Of Bang People	India

South East Asia	Ancient map of India	Mauryan Empire	Gupta Empire

Clickable Colonial India	Sri Vijaya Empire	Mauryan Empire Detailed	Ancient Bangla

Pal Empire	Bangla	Bangladesh	Bangladesh

Ancient Bangla	Clickable Bangla

Spread of Buddhism: Pre-Mauryan	Spread of Buddhism: Mauryan to Early First Millennium	Spread of Buddhism: Early First Millennium	Spread of Buddhism: First and Second Millennium

Dhaka City



Dhaka street at dawn. In a few minutes the road will be overcrowded.
Music is an integral part of Bangla society.	Dancing is another great part of Bangla culture.

Age of Glory	Pre-1500BC - 600 BC	Settlement of Bangla
Age of Glory	600 BC - 320 AD	Maritime Expansion into South India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Buddhism begins to replace Shiva Hindu. Bengal is the major seafaring nation of Eastern India which continues until interrupted by the English. Bengal also continues as the major exporter of fine fabrics until the British harshly puts an end to it.
Age of Empires	320 - 500 AD	Gupta Period (Integration into North India). Aryan caste system established.
	500 - 750 AD	Chaos Bengal shrugs of Gupta rule but is divided. Shasanka is the first independent ruler of Bengal after the Gupta rule.
	750 - 1200 AD	Pal Era (Expansion into North India) Bengal becomes Buddhist centre and the major learning centre of its time.
Age of Darkness	1200 - 1400 AD	Pal empire declines and foreign invasions begin.
	1400 - 1600 AD	Early Islamic Period Bengal is conquered by Muslims. Ancient universities suddenly vanishes; probably burned down by Muslims.
	1600 - 1800 AD	Moghul Period but Independent Thousands of temples in Bengal that inspired the architecture of Burma, Cambodia and others destroyed.
	1800 - 1900 AD	British harsh rule, destruction of economy. British rule is marked consistently by its trademark: famine. Millions starve to death under British rule.
Age of Revolution	1900 - 1947 AD	Anti British revolution begins in Bengal as early as the 1830s and continues till independence. The British break of Bangla (Divide and Rule), to counter revolutionary activities. India isdivided and Independence of India
	1947 - 1952 AD	Becomes East Pakistan. Severe oppression, deculturization, language movement
	1952 - 1971 AD	Final crippling of Bangla economy and genocide in 1971, freedom comes after revolution
	1971 - 2000	Corrupt anti-people governments, rise of crime and slow development

Ancient ruins of learning centres from an era when Bangla was the centre of Buddhism.