Bengal

Region in the eastern Indian subcontinent

Bengal ( ben-GAWL) is a geographical, ethnolinguistic, historically geopolitical region in South Asia north of the Bay of Bengal. It is politically divided between the sovereign state of Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and Karimganj district in the Indian state of Assam. The ancient Vanga Kingdom is widely regarded as the namesake of the Bengal region.

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