The Gour kingdom was one of the greater of the many petty kingdoms of the medieval Sylhet region. According to legend, it was founded by Gurak, off-shooting from Kamarupa's Jaintia kingdom in 630. Muc
Xuanzang was a Chinese Buddhist monk who travelled to Sheelachatal (Sylhet) in the seventh century.
Sylheti is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by an estimated 11 million people, primarily in Sylhet Division of Bangladesh, Barak Valley of Assam, and northern parts of Tripura in India. In addition, ther
Banglatown in Brick Lane, London, UK, which is home to one of the largest Sylheti diaspora communities in the western world