A report on Assam and Bengalis

The ancient political divisions of the Ganges delta.
Map of Eastern Bengal and Assam during 1907–1909
Parts of the Charyapada, a collection of ancient Buddhist hymns which mention the Bengalis, in display at the Rajshahi College Library.
A map of the British Indian Empire in 1909 during the partition of Bengal (1905–1911), showing British India in two shades of pink (coral and pale) and the princely states in yellow. The Assam Province (initially as the Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam) can be seen towards the north-eastern side of India.
Depiction of Gangaridai on a map by 11th-century polymath Ptolemy.
Showing a historical incident at Kanaklata Udyan, Tezpur
Atiśa is recognised as one of the greatest figures of classical Buddhism, having inspired Buddhist thought from Tibet to Sumatra.
Ghazi Pir is thought to have lived in the Sundarbans some time between the 12th to 13th century.
15th-century Portuguese painting of "Bengalis".
Blooming of Kopou Orchid marks the beginning of the festive season of Bihu in Assam.
The Bengali artillery at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.
A painting by Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya displaying a syce of Bengal holding two carriage horses.
People gathered at Kamakhya Temple for the Ambubachi Mela
A Bengali woman in Dhaka clad in fine Bengali muslin, 18th century.
Kamakhya Temple
W.C. Bonnerjee, co-founder and first president of Indian National Congress.
Basistha Temple in Guwahati.
Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, the co-founder and inaugural president of the Awami League.
7th–8th century specimen of Assamese (Kamarupi) literature
Dean Mahomed is credited for introducing shampoo to the Europeans.
Brahmaputra valley region of Assam
Large numbers of Bengalis have settled and established themselves in Banglatown.
1. Tinskia 2. Dibrugarh 3. Dhemaji 4. Charaideo 5. Sivasagar 6.Lakhimpur 7. Majuli 8. Jorhat 9. Biswanath 10. Golaghat 11. Karbi Anglong 12. Sonitpur 13. Nagaon 14. Hojai 15. Karbi Anglong West 16. Dima Hasao 17. Cachar 18. Hailakandi 19. Karimganj 20. Morigaon 21. Udalguri 22. Darrang 23. Kamrup Metro 24. Baksa 25. Nalbari 26. Kamrup 27. Barpeta 28. Chirang 29. Bongaigaon 30. Goalpara 31. Kokrajhar 32. Dhubri 33. South Salmara Mankachar 34. Bajali
I'tisam-ud-Din was the first educated Bengali and South Asian to have travelled to Europe.
Regional dialects form one of the determiners to the social stratification of Bengalis.
Bodoland district map
Bengali schoolboys in the port city of Chittagong.
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Eid prayers in Dhaka.
The image represent's Dimaraji proposed state map
Durga Puja in Kolkata.
Barak Valley
Harvesting preparation in Bangladesh.
Per capita income of Assam since 1950
A sculpture of the Nawab of Bengal's Royal Peacock Barge in Murshidabad.
A paddy field in Assam
Traditional way of weaving Jamdani.
A tea garden in Assam: tea is grown at elevations near sea level, giving it a malty sweetness and an earthy flavor, as opposed to the more floral aroma of highland (e.g. Darjeeling, Taiwanese) teas
A Bengali man sporting a simple black sherwani.
Assamese women busy planting paddy seedlings in their agricultural field in Pahukata village in the Nagaon district of Assam
Artistes from Purulia district of West Bengal performs Chhau dance
A group of 'Husori' for the occasion of Assamese Bohag Bihu in their traditional attire.
Satyajit Ray, eminent film director who has made Bengali films popular all over the world
Dakhinpat Satra of Majuli
Gitanjali intro featuring its author Rabindranath Tagore
The application of mehndi onto one's hand hosts a ceremony of itself during Bengali wedding seasons.
Girl in traditional Mekhela chador dress with a Dhol wrapped with Gamosa
A Bengali groom partaking in a supplication during his wedding.
A decorative Assamese Jaapi laid over a Gamosa
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A Bihu dancer blowing a pepa (horn)
Qazi Azizul Haque is recognised for his contributions to the development of modern fingerprint biometrics, a discovery of worldwide importance.
A beautifully adorned Jaapi
Meghnad Saha, J C Bose, J C Ghosh, Snehamoy Dutt, S N Bose, D M Bose, N R Sen, J N Mukherjee, N C Nag
Mising girls dancing during Ali Ai Ligang (Spring Festival)
A sculpture honoring Fazlur Khan at the Willis Tower
Actors of Abinaswar Gosthi performs the play "Surjya Mandirot Surjyasta" directed by Dipok Borah
A lathi khela event taking place in Tangail.
Assamese Thali
A Nouka Baich competition taking place in the monsoon season.
An ethnic preparation of Ghost chili chicken curry of Assam
Mohammed Salim, the first South Asian footballer to play for a foreign club. Due to playing in bare feet, he is having them bandaged by Jimmy McMenemy in 1936.
Lakshminath Bezbaroa, one of the foremost figures of Assamese literature.
Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan is currently crowned the world's best all-rounder in all formats for ODI cricket, and one of the greatest of all times.
Imaginary portrait of Srimanta Sankardeva by Bishnu Prasad Rabha
School girls in the classroom, Lakhiganj High School, Assam
Cotton University, Guwahati
Academic complex of IIT Guwahati
National Institute of Technology, Silchar
Jorhat Engineering College of Assam Science and Technology University
Sattriya Dance
Bodo dance Bagurumba
Jhumair dance in Tea garden
Nagara
Bhupen Hazarika
Assamese youth performing Bihu Dance
Statue of Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Jyoti Prasad Agarwala and Phani Sarma at District Library, Guwahati.
Lil Bahadur Chettri
Citra Bhagavata illustration
A folio from the Hastividyarnava manuscript
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Bell metal made sorai and sophura are important parts of culture
Assam Kahor (Bell metal) Kahi

The current population is divided between the independent country Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and parts of Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur.

- Bengalis

Durga Puja, a festival introduced and popularised by Bengalis, is widely celebrated across the state.

- Assam

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The empire at its greatest extent in c. 1700 under Aurangzeb ((r. 1658 – 1707))

Mughal Empire

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Early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries.

Early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries.

The empire at its greatest extent in c. 1700 under Aurangzeb ((r. 1658 – 1707))
Akbar holds a religious assembly of different faiths in the Ibadat Khana in Fatehpur Sikri.
Group portrait of Mughal rulers, from Babur to Aurangzeb, with the Mughal ancestor Timur seated in the middle. On the left: Shah Jahan, Akbar and Babur, with Abu Sa'id of Samarkand and Timur's son, Miran Shah. On the right: Aurangzeb, Jahangir and Humayun, and two of Timur's other offspring Umar Shaykh and Muhammad Sultan. Created c. 1707–12
Horsemen of the invading Maratha Empire
Shah Alam II on horseback
Portrait of Bahadur Shah II
Coin of Aurangzeb, minted in Kabul, dated 1691/2
Miniature painting - Portrait of an Old Mughal Courtier Wearing Muslin
Muslim Lady Reclining or An Indian Girl with a Hookah, painted in Dacca, 18th century
Ruins of the Great Caravanserai in Dhaka.
Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi, the poet first believed to have coined the name "Urdu" around 1780 AD for a language that went by a multiplicity of names before his time.
Mir Taqi Mir, an Urdu poet of the 18th century Mughal Empire
The Taj Mahal in the 1870s
Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Buland Darwaza in Fatehpur Sikiri, Agra, India
Lalbagh Fort aerial view in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Shalimar Bagh in Srinagar, Kashmir, India
Illustration by the 17th-century Mughal artist Ustad Mansur
"Alexander Visits the Sage Plato in His Mountain Cave"; illustration by the 16th-century Indian artist Basawan, in a folio from a quintet of the 13th-century Indian poet Amir Khusrau Dihlavi
Folio from Farhang-i-Jahangiri, a Persian dictionary compiled during the Mughal era.
Mughal matchlock rifle, 16th century.
Mughal musketeer, 17th century.
The remnants of the empire in 1751

For some two hundred years, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus river basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan plateau in south India.

Bengali farmers rapidly learned techniques of mulberry cultivation and sericulture, establishing Bengal Subah as a major silk-producing region of the world.