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.

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Label Occurrences
Banga canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Vanga ⓘ
associatedWithRiver Brahmaputra basin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmaputra Valley

Ganges delta ⓘ
borderedBy Bay of Bengal ⓘ
ancient Magadha region ⓘ
climateType tropical monsoon ⓘ
correspondsTo present-day Bangladesh ⓘ
culturalHeritage Bengali cuisine ⓘ
Bengali literature ⓘ
Bengali music ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Bengal ⓘ
ethnicLegacy Bengali ethnicity ⓘ
ethnoLinguisticGroup Bengali people ⓘ
geographicalFeature deltaic region ⓘ
monsoon climate ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Vanga ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Bangla ⓘ
linked to: Bengali
historicalContinuityWith Bengal Sultanate region ⓘ
linked to: Bengal Sultanate

Mughal Bengal region ⓘ
linked to: Bengal Subah
historicalEconomyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
river trade ⓘ
historicalPeriod ancient India ⓘ
historicalSignificance early center of Bengal civilization ⓘ
important trade region in eastern India ⓘ
knownFor fertile alluvial plains ⓘ
riverine landscape ⓘ
laterReligiousInfluence Islam ⓘ
linguisticLegacy Bengali language ⓘ
linked to: Bengali
locatedIn eastern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
locatedInPresentCountry Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
mentionedIn ancient Indian texts ⓘ
modernCulturalIdentityDerivedFrom Bengal ⓘ
partlyCorrespondsTo West Bengal ⓘ
partlyLocatedInIndianState West Bengal ⓘ
partOfAncientGeoPoliticalRegion eastern India ⓘ
partOfLargerRegion Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
primaryLanguageHistoricallyAssociated Bengali ⓘ
primaryReligionHistorically Hinduism ⓘ
regionOf Bengal ⓘ
relatedToModernIndianState West Bengal ⓘ
relatedToModernNation Bangladesh ⓘ
relatedToModernRegion Bengal ⓘ
soilType alluvial soil ⓘ

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

Vanga → hasAlternativeName → Banga ⓘ