District de MurshidabadMurshidabad district is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Situated on the left bank of the river Ganges, the district is very fertile. Covering an area of and having a population 7.103 million (according to 2011 census), it is a densely populated district and the ninth most populous in India (out of 640). Berhampore city is the headquarters of the district. The Murshidabad city, which lends its name to the district, was the seat of power of the Nawabs of Bengal. All of Bengal was once governed from this city.
Armenians in IndiaThe association of Armenians with India and the presence of Armenians in India are very old, and there has been a mutual economic and cultural association of Armenians with India. Central Asians in ancient Indian literature and Hinduism in Armenia The earliest documented references to the mutual relationship of Armenians and Indians are found in Cyropaedia (Persian Expedition), an ancient Greek work by Xenophon (430 BC – 355 BC). These references indicate that several Armenians traveled to India.
Gauda KingdomThe Gauḍa Kingdom (Gauṛa Rājya) or Shashankas, was a classic kingdom during the Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, which originated in the Gauda region of Bengal (modern-day West Bengal and Bangladesh) in 4th century CE or possibly earlier. A Buddhist Mahāyāna Text Mañjuśrī-Mūlakalpa records the existence of Gauda Kingdom in Bengal before it was replaced by Gupta Empire in the 4th century. King Loka who was born in Vardhamāna (Bardhamān) is mentioned who must have ruled in the early 4th century CE.
Jagat Seth familyJagat Seth was a wealthy merchant, banker and money lender family from Murshidabad in Bengal during the time of the Nawabs of Bengal. Though not at the same scale, but the influence exercised by this family in the finances of the Mughal Empire during the 17th and 18th century would be akin to that exercised by the Rothschild family in Europe. The house was founded by Jain Hiranand Shah from Nagaur, Rajasthan, who came to Patna in 1652. In 1707, Manikchand helped Prince Farrukhsiyar financially to become the Mughal Emperor.
DaccaDacca ou Dhaka (en ঢাকা, ) est la capitale, la plus grande ville et le centre politique, culturel et économique du Bangladesh. Située sur la rive gauche de la rivière Buriganga, Dacca est une mégapole et l'une des plus grandes villes du sous-continent indien, avec une population de plus de 21 millions d'habitants, ce qui en fait la agglomération la plus peuplée du monde. Lo:ທາກາ Fondée au cours du , Dacca prend son essor lorsqu'elle sert de capitale aux nâwabs du Bengale de 1608 à 1704, où elle est connue sous le nom de Jahangir Nagar, puis décline lorsque la capitale est transférée à Murshidabad.
BengaleLe Bengale désigne aujourd'hui une zone géographique de l'est du sous-continent indien partagée entre l'Inde et le Bangladesh. Le nom de Bengale n'a pas recouvert exactement la même zone au fil des siècles. Cette zone recoupe également plus ou moins l'aire de distribution de la langue bengali. Au total, le Bengale historique couvre une superficie d'environ 250 000 kilomètres carrés, et de nos jours, l'État du Bangladesh recouvre plus de 50 % de la superficie du Bengale historique.
ArakanArakan (ˈærəkæn or ˈɑːrəkɑːn ) is a historic coastal region in Southeast Asia. Its borders faced the Bay of Bengal to its west, the Indian subcontinent to its north and Burma proper to its east. The Arakan Mountains isolated the region and made it accessible only by the Indian subcontinent and the sea. The region now forms the Rakhine State in Myanmar. Arakan became one of the earliest regions in Southeast Asia to embrace Dharmic religions, particularly Buddhism and Hinduism. Islam arrived with Arab merchants in the 8th century.
District de BardhamanBardhaman district (ˈbɑ:rdəˌmən, ˈbɔrˌdɦoman; also spelled Burdwan or Barddhaman or Vardhaman) was a district in West Bengal. On 7 April 2017, the district was bifurcated into two districts: Purba Bardhaman and Paschim Bardhaman district. The headquarters of the district was Bardhaman, and it housed the cities of Asansol and Durgapur. Indian revolutionary Rashbehari Bose was born in village Subaldaha, Bardhaman district. Bengali poet Kumud Ranjan Mullick was born at Kogram and poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born at Churulia in the same district.
Architecture du BengaleL'architecture du Bengale, région qui comprend aujourd’hui le Bangladesh, le Bengale occidental, le Tripura et la vallée de Barak en Assam, a une longue et riche histoire, mélangeant des éléments indigènes du sous-continent indien avec des influences de différentes parties du monde. Le style bungalow est une exportation architecturale du Bengale. Les tours d'angle des édifices religieux bengalis ont été reproduites dans l'Asie du Sud-Est médiévale.
