The history of Bengal 11

The history of Bengal is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the

surrounding regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It includes modern-day Bangladesh and the

Indian states of West Bengal,

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Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley, located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, at the apex

of the Bay of Bengal and dominated by the fertile Ganges delta. The advancement of civilization in

Bengal dates back four millennia. The region was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as

Gangaridai. The Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers act as a geographic marker of the region, but

also connects the region to the broader Indian subcontinent. Bengal, at times, has played an important

role in the history of the Indian subcontinent.