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