Bengal Subah
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The Bengal Subah, also referred to as Mughal Bengal and Bengal State, was the largest subdivision of the Mughal Empire encompassing much of the Bengal region, which includes modern-day Bangladesh, the
Dutch East India Company factory in Hugli-Chuchura, Bengal by Hendrik van Schuylenburgh (c. 1665)
The Mughal absorption of Bengal initially progressed during the reigns of the first two emperors Babur and Humayun
Akbar developed the modern Bengali calendar
Dhaka, the capital of Bengal, was named Jahangir Nagar in honor of the fourth Mughal monarch Jahangir
History of Dhaka
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Dhaka is a modern megacity with origins dating from 500 BC to 200 BC. The history of Dhaka region begins with the existence of urbanised settlements that were ruled by the Gupta Empire, Gauda Kingdom,
Dhakeshwari Temple in 1904
Binat Bibi Mosque (built 1454) – the earliest known mosque surviving in Dhaka
Holy Rosary Church in Tejgaon, built by Portuguese missionaries in 1677
Ruins of Nimtali Kuthi - a 1863 watercolor painting by Frederick William Alexander de Fabeck