Banga
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Banga is an alternative name for the ancient Vanga region, a historical territory in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, largely corresponding to present-day Bangladesh and parts of West Bengal.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient region
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| alternativeNameOf | Vanga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver |
Brahmaputra basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ganges delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Bay of Bengal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient Magadha region ⓘ |
| climateType | tropical monsoon ⓘ |
| correspondsTo | present-day Bangladesh ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage |
Bengali cuisine
ⓘ
Bengali literature ⓘ Bengali music ⓘ |
| culturalRegionOf | Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicLegacy | Bengali ethnicity ⓘ |
| ethnoLinguisticGroup | Bengali people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalFeature |
deltaic region
ⓘ
monsoon climate ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Vanga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Bangla NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContinuityWith |
Bengal Sultanate region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mughal Bengal region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEconomyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
river trade ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | ancient India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early center of Bengal civilization
ⓘ
important trade region in eastern India ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fertile alluvial plains
ⓘ
riverine landscape ⓘ |
| laterReligiousInfluence | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticLegacy | Bengali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | eastern Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentCountry |
Bangladesh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | ancient Indian texts ⓘ |
| modernCulturalIdentityDerivedFrom | Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partlyCorrespondsTo | West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partlyLocatedInIndianState | West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAncientGeoPoliticalRegion | eastern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfLargerRegion | Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageHistoricallyAssociated | Bengali ⓘ |
| primaryReligionHistorically | Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOf | Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToModernIndianState | West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToModernNation | Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToModernRegion | Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soilType | alluvial soil ⓘ |
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