Bangla history

1. History of Bangladesh and Bangla Language
• Ancient Period: up to 1204 A.C.

2. To be discussed
Periodization
Indigenous and Settler debate. (NRC in India, Ruhinga crisis)
Geographical Location
Ancient Period, Source, Timeline.
The Ariyans
The Janapads, Towns and change factors.
The imperial powers
Civilizational Features
Science and technology

3. Political Power
The Mauryan rule
After Maruyan rule
The imperial Guptas
Post Gupta Period
Independent kingdom of Bengal
Independent kingdom of Gaur
Rule of Sasanka
Pala Dynesty
The Independent kingdom of the South East Bengal
The Sena Dynesty

4. United Bengal’s Map

5. Ancient Map of Bengal

6. Geographical Location
• The Himalayas in the North
• The Bay of Bengal in the south
• The Bhramaputra, the Kangsa, the Surma and the Sajjuk river in the
east.
• The Nagar, the Barakar and the lower part of Suvarnarekha in the
west.

7. Ancient Source
Inscription.
Literature .
Legand or Tale.
• Ancient Language:
Prakrit.
Sanskrit.
Mogadh.

8. Ancient Janapads or Localities.
 Bongal/Bongo/Vanga: Dhaka, Kushtia, Jessore and Mymensingh
 Chanradvipa: Barisal, Patuakhali, Bakerganj. Between the river
Baleshwar and the Meghna
 Pundra or Verandra: Rajshahi, Pabna, Bogra, Rongpur, Dinajpur.
 Gaur: Chapai Nawabganj, Naogaon and Natore
 Horical: Sylhet to Chittagong
 Samatata: Cumilla, Nuakhali, Tripura

9. Ancient Cities:
• Wari-Batashwer: Important port city, treaded with south and South-
east Asia and the Roman world. On the bank of the river Brhamaputra.
• Pundranagara: Modern day Mahasthangar, on the bank of the river
Karatoya. Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang visited this city.
• Tamralipti: A port city. Near Sarasvati river, a brach of Ganga.
• Tamluk: Now Hugli, on the right bank of the river Rupnarayana.
• Mainamati: Modern day Cumilla.
• Karnashuvarna: Possibly in the Murshidabad District.
• Lakhnauti-Gaur:

10. Key factors of the geographical changes:
• River or water body.
‘When a river moved course and the Port silted up, the town would decline’.
• Earthquake.

11. Periodization
Terminology based on Political
situations.
• Hindu
• Muslim
• British
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh
European or Western terminology
• Ancient pre-historic to 1204
• Medieval 1204-1757
• Modern 1757-now

12. Ancient Empires:
1. The Mauryan Empire: (321-185 B.C.) Chandragupta
Maurya(F), Ashoka
2. The Gupta Empire (320- 550 C.E.) Maharaja Sri Gupta(F),
Chandragupta, Samudragupta, Sasanka
3. The Pala Empire (750-1161 C.E.) Gupala(F), Dharma Pala,
4. The Sen Empire (1070 CE–1230 C.E.) Samanta Sen(F), Bijoya
sen, Bollala Sen, Laxman Sen.