
Bengal
Bengal is a historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal.... Wikipedia
- Continent: Asia
- Iron Age India, Vedic India, Suhma kingdom, Pundravardhana, Vanga kingdom: 1500 – c. 500 BCE
- Gangaridai, Nanda Empire: 500 – c. 350 BCE
- Mauryan Empire: 4th century – 2nd century BCE
- Shunga Empire, Gupta Empire, Later Gupta dynasty: 185–75 BCE, 3rd century CE – 543 CE, 6th–7th century
- Gauda Kingdom: 590–633 CE
- Pala Empire, Sena Empire, Deva Empire: 8th–11th century, 11th–12th century, 12th–13th century
- Delhi Sultanate, Bengal Sultanate: 1204–1339 CE, 1338–1576 CE
- Bengal Subah (Mughal Empire), Nawabs of Bengal: 1565–1717 CE, 1717–1765 CE
- Bengal Presidency (British India): 1765–1947 CE
- Population (2022): 273,610,384
- Demonym(s): Bengali
- Time zone: UTC+5:30, UTC+6:00
- Internet TLD: bd.in (English).বাংলা.ভারত (Bengali)
- Data source: DuckDuckGo