The Dravidian peoples are an ethnolinguistic supraethnicity composed of many distinct ethnolinguistic groups native to South Asia. They speak the Dravidian languages, which have a combined total of about 250 million native speakers. Dravidians form the majority of the population of South India and Northern Sri Lanka.
The Dancing Girl, a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in approximately 2500 BCE in the Indus Valley civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro.
The Pashupati seal from the Indus Valley Civilization
Sage Agastya, father of Tamil literature
Meenakshi Amman temple, dedicated to Goddess Meenakshi, tutelary deity of Madurai city
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and is among the most densely populated countries with a population of nearly 170 million in an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi). Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast. To the south, it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by the mountainous Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial, and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language of Bangladesh is Bengali while Bangladeshi English is also used in the government and official documents alongside Bengali.
Coin featuring a horseman issued after the Muslim conquest of Bengal.
Chinese manuscript showing an African giraffe gifted to China by the Sultan of Bengal on 20 September 1414.
The Mughals built riverside fortifications with musket holes like in Hajiganj Fort.
The Bibi Mariam Cannon (Lady Mary Cannon) is a large early modern artillery piece which the Mughals used to defend their bases