Varendra

E671163

cultural region historic region

Varendra is a historic region in northwestern Bengal, now largely in Bangladesh, known as an early political and cultural center of medieval Bengali kingdoms.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Varendra region	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region ⓘ historic region ⓘ
associatedWith	Gauda region NERFINISHED ⓘ Pala Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Sena dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Karatoa River NERFINISHED ⓘ Padma River NERFINISHED ⓘ
centeredAround	Rajshahi NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Bengali Hindu traditions ⓘ Bengali Muslim traditions ⓘ Buddhist heritage ⓘ
documentedIn	Persian chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ medieval Bengali literature ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Barind NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Mahasthangarh NERFINISHED ⓘ Paharpur region NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInstitutionNamedAfter	Varendra Research Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Varendra University NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCapital	Gauda NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEconomy	agriculture ⓘ riverine trade ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Sanskrit NERFINISHED ⓘ early Bengali ⓘ
historicalPeriod	medieval period ⓘ
historicalSignificance	core area of early Bengali state formation ⓘ important center of Buddhist learning in early medieval Bengal ⓘ
knownFor	early cultural center of medieval Bengali kingdoms ⓘ early political center of medieval Bengali kingdoms ⓘ
locatedIn	Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia ⓘ northwestern Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernAdministrativeOverlap	Rajshahi Division NERFINISHED ⓘ Rangpur Division NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Malda district ⓘ parts of Murshidabad district ⓘ
partOf	Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentInCountry	Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousHistory	Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
soilType	red-brown clay ⓘ
terrainType	Pleistocene terrace ⓘ
traversedBy	Ganges River NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahananda River NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vijaya Sena → historicalRegion → Varendra ⓘ

Varendra Research Museum → regionServed → Varendra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Varendra region

Mahipala I → placeOfRule → Varendra ⓘ