Geographical Factors in Bengal History. Assignment for Aksadul Alam. Bangladesh studies. University of dhaka. IML. FFL
ASSIGNMENT GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS IN BENGAL HISTORY Md. Shakwat Hossain BAFFL, ROLL: 04 | Bangladesh Studies | 26-09-2016 ‘BENGAL’ AS A UNIT OF GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY Vanga an ancient janapada or human settlement in Eastern Bengal. Like all other settlements of the region, its geographical connotation varied in different periods of history. The name Vanga, indicating a people, occurred for the first time in the Aitareya Aranyaka, where they are mentioned along with the Magadhas. In the Baudhayana Dharmasutra the Vangas are mentioned in a list of peoples who lived in regions beyond the zone of Aryan civilisation in the neighbourhood of Kalinga. In the Puranas they are mentioned along with other eastern people such as Anga, Magadha, Mudgaraka, Pundra, Videha, Tamralipti and Pragjyotisa. The Ramayana mentions the Vangas to be in league with Ayodhya. In the Digvijaya section of the Mahabharata it is related that Bhima killed the king of Modagiri, subjugated the ruler of the Pundras and...