Articles discussing Bengal
Rebellion of Shah Jahan and his Career in Bengal
Sudhindra Nath Bhattacharyya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1934
More Light on Sanskrit Literature of Bengal (Hindu Period)
Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946
“The growth of the intellectual culture in Bengal culminat- ing in aggrssive dialectics is more eloquently testified to by the poet, who proved by implication that the centre of this culture was at Daksina Radha,”
Murshid Quli Khan's Relations with the European Merchants
Anjali Sen · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1959
“Murshid Quli Khan, the Nawab of Bengal, was too keen a financier not to realize the advantages he could derive from foreign commerce.”
Origin of the name 'Bengal'
Nalini Nath Das Gupta · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946
“The much older kingdom or tract of Vanga had nothing to do with the process of operation leading to the gaining ground of the proper name, Bengal.”
The Vaisyas in Mediaeval Bengal
Sculptural Art of Jaina Goddess Ambika in Bengal (7th-13th Century CE): A Study
Rajeswar Roy · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2023
“The images of various sculptures of the Jaina goddess Ambikā have been discovered from different parts of Bengal, especially from modern West Bengal during the early medieval period.”
Gauda
Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1952
“Gauda (usually written Gaur 10 English) was the residence of several dynasties of the Muslim rulers of Bengal for many centuries from the establishmene of Muhammadan rule in the country 20000 , the close of the twelfth century A. D.”
The Cultural Contact between Java and Bengal
Himanshu Bhushan Sarkar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937
“The labours of a generation of Dutch, Indian and French scholars have brought together some valuable data regarding- the વાળાં contact between Java and Bengal,”
Early Nineteenth Century Chinese Studies in Bengal
Elmer H. Cutts · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1944
“The study of Chinesc in Bengal, except for two shott papets written by Sir Willlam Jones બિ पीट :Asiatic Researches, vol. II,' તડ intimately connected with the British crusade, as was the study of (1126 language in Canron by Robert Morrison, though Morrison commenced his work a licde later.”
Sir Eyre Coote and the Question of Military Command in the Carnatic War (1780-83)
Teliagarhi
Sarit Sekhar Majumdar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1940
“Teliagarhi,* known as the key of Bengal, which stands hoary with age, on the Rajmahal hills near Sahibganj, has unfortunately failed to receive the prominence or attention it deserves”
The Bhakti-Rasa-Sastra of Bengal Vaisnavism
Sushil Kumar De · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932
“Among the six immediate disciples of Svi-krypa-caitanya, the so- culled six Gosvamins of Vrndavouna, to whom was left the task of elaborating and defining the doctrines, creeds પારલે practices of Bengal Vaigpavism, the credit of first systematising ity supreme religious cmotion of Bhakti belongs to Hapa Gosvamin.”
Forest and Forest Tribes of Early Bengal: Literary Insights (5th-12th Century CE)
Saradindu Sahu · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2024
“Bengal, as a region has marked its own uniqueness in the field of geography, environment and ecology from the other regions of the Indian subcontinent.”
Prince Shah Jahan in Bengal
The Main Aspects of the English Policy in Bengal in the 17th Century
Position of the Jainas in Bengal during the rule of Gopala, the first Pala king
Chitta Ranjan Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2005
“The non-existence of any inscriptional as well as literary evidence pertaining to the existence of the Nirgranthas (Jainas) in Bengal, during the Pala rule, had once led Jinologists of India and abroad, to believe that the efflorescence of Buddhism, consequent upon the enthronement of the Pala dynasty in Bengal was the main cause of the sudden eclipse of the Nirgranthas (Jainas) from the Kingdom.”
Theory and Practice of Samskaras in Bengal
S. C. Banerji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1950
“The principal points ૬૦ be discussed under samskaras ate: — 1. Works of Bengal dealing with samskaras; 2. .Nu,mbcr, meaning and purpose of samskiras; 3. Interesting rules of procedure.”
Cheap the Magnificent
Hari Ranjan Ghosal · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946
“Among the civil servants of the English East India Company on the commercial side in Bengal no one attracts our attention so much as John Cheap, rightly called ‘‘Cheap the Magnificent.'”
Political Implications in Chinese Studies in Bengal 1800-1823
Dates of Early Historical Records of Bengal
Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927
“It 15 a well-known fact that epigraphic records are rarely to be discovered in Bengal and Magadha and the few that have been discovered, being mostly undated or dated in regnal years of kings do not, for want of sufficient data, yield definite dates.”
The Silk Trade of Patna in Early Seventeenth Century
Jagadish Narayan Sarkar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939
Some Anglo‑French Disputes in Bengal during post‑diwany Period
Nandlal Chatterji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1941
“The Anglo-French relations 10 Bengal during the post-diwany period were none too cordial, and were marked by continual jealousies and disputes.”
A Side‑light on the History of Bengal
Dhirendra Chandra Ganguly · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1940
“An inscription on an 100226 discovered in the village of Baghaura, in the Brahman- baria Sub-Division of the T_eppcrah District, Bengal, relates that— “In Samvat 3, फीट 27th day of Magha, in Samatata, in the kingdom of Mahipala, an image (of Narayana) was erected by Lokaditya, an inhabitant of Bilakindaka”
Position of the Nirgranthas (Jainas) in Bengal during the period of \Matsyanyāya" or "The Anarchy""
Chitta Ranjan Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2005
“Among the heretical religions, Jainism was popular in Bengal for a period of more than a millennium from the B. C. 4th century to the middle of the A.D. 7th century.”
The Effect of Candella Invasions on Bengal
Bengal's Contribution to Mahayana Literature
Nalini Nath Das Gupta · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1954
Srinatha Acarya-cidamani of Bengal
Rajendra Chandra Hazra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1950
“Bengal may be proud of the masterly products of the wide study and mature thought of her worthy son Raghunandana, the most emi- nent of the Smarta scholars that she has ever produced, but the name of the teacher who trained પૂ this mastermind and gave to Bengal Smrti 3 new trend with 2 new spirit which, with modifications, culminated in चाट works of his worthy [પરમો ,Raghumn‘dana, 15 no longer very familiar to પડ.”
British Colonial Agriculture in Assam: Revenue Policies and Agrarian Transformation
Jaysagar Wary, Bijit Brahma · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2020
Monopoly of Grain during the Bengal & Bihar Famine of 1770
Nani Gopal Chaudhari · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1945
Fighting Malaria in the Princely State of Cooch Behar: A Conflict Between State and Disease
The Astrologer at the Village and the Court
Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1952
“the professional astrologer was intimately associated with Bengali social life 85 late as the last century,”
Stray Verses of Bengal Poets
Jainism in Ancient Bengal
Paresh Chandra Dasgupta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1983
“The Jaina religion was firmly established in Bengal in the Mauryan period more than two thousand years ago.”
The Dutch in Bengal after Bedara
Kali Kinkar Datta · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1938
“The defeat of the Dutch at Bedara in November, 1759, dealt a crushing blow to thet hopes “‘to rival the political power of the English in Bengal; ””' and hencefortl: cheir existence in Bengal be- came cnurely dependent on the goodwill of their rival, the English.”
Reviews
Mano Mohan Ghosh, Chintaharan Chakravarti, A. B. M. Habibullah, Arthur Berriedale Keith, Amar Nath Roy · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939
“We heartily welcome this critical edition, by Prof. ૭. K. De of a work which, since the days when Sricaitanya brought a manu- seript copy of it from his South Indian pilgrimage, has been a source of perennial delight to Bengal Vaisnavas.”
Reference to the Existence of Jainism in Bengal in the Varman & Sena Inscriptions
Chitta Ranjan Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1979
“That Jainism was a living religion in Bengal during the reign of the Pala Kings has been proved by citing suitable evidence from the Dohakosa of Saroja Vajra and its Commentary by Advaya Vajra who flourished in Bengal during the reign of the Pala Kings.”
Raja Ramnarain
Ecological Challenges and Resilience of Damodar River's Char Dwellers
Samar Kanti Chakrabartty · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2023
“The Damodar River has always been notorious for its slanders (sorrow of Bengal), which have existed since times immemorial.”
Salt Monopoly and Contraband: Colonial Control and Local Resistance in Bengal
Arijita Manna · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2023
“The English East India Company, soon after becoming the de facto ruler had monopolised the salt industry of Bengal.”
Gopala Deva I of Bengal
Muhammad Shahidullah · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
“Gopila was the first king of the Pala dynasty of Bengal, But we have, up to now, no inscription of his, no contemporary record whatso- ever, from whicli we can ascertain the duration of his reign or the year of his accession to the throne,”
A less known cause of prosperity of the Jainas in the Pala kingdom
Chitta Ranjan Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2007
“Their eclecticism and tolerance were at the root of this multi-faced religious growth and development in Bengal from the second half of the eighth to the Ist half of the 12th century A.D. and the correctness of this view has been accepted by all scholars!”
The Economic Conditions of Bengal during the Years 1793 - 1858
Gottlieb L. Schanzlin · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
“The most revolutionary change brought about in the economic system of Bengal and India during the Nineteenth Century was the new attitude towards the ownership of the”
Adisura
Pramode Lal Paul · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1935
“he is undoubtedly one of the central figures of the social history of Bengal.”
Vratakalaviveka of Sulapani
Suresh Chandra Banerji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1941
“Stlapani, a smrti writer of the Bengal school, once exercised a considerable influence over Bengal.”
New Lights on the History of Assam
Nalini Kanta Bhattasali · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946
Reviews
P. C. Bagchi, Narayan Chandra Banerji, J. N. Sengupta, Manindra Mohan Bose · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930
Vasudeva Sarvabhauma
Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1940
“Vasudeva Sarvabhauma was by tradition पीट foremost scholar of his days 10 Bengal.”
Private Commercial Dealings of the Servants of the East India Company from 1757-1767
Dhan Keswani · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1960
“Bengal presented a curious picture of Swbab unarmed, with a revenue of almost two million sterling at the mercy of the servants" who adopted unheard of practices to enrich them- selves while ruining the Company.”
Bharata Mallika and his Patron
Dinesh Chandra Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1942
“Bharata Mallika, the celebrated scholiast of Bengal, who can justly claim to be the Mallinatha of our province, was ૩ most prolific writer of treatises, commentaries and tracts.”
Rice and the 1866 Orissa Famine: Agricultural or Administrative Failure?
Swagatika Dash · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2023
An Arabic Inscription from Gaur, Dist. Maldah, Bengal
A. K. Bhattacharya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1950
“The inscription in ડૂ lines 15 in the Tughra style of writing which reached 1૬5 zenith during the reign of Sultin Husain Shih of Bengal.”
New Light on the History of Bengal
A New Light On Durgotsava
The Dutch in Bengal and Bihar review
Anukul Chandra Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1948
“The object of the work is to present a connected history of Buddhism in Bengal from its inception to disappearance.”
Miscellany – Kapardaka Purāṇa
Surendra Kishore Chakraborty · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932
“The current coins of the Pala Dynasty that ruled in Bengal before the Senas were the puranas or dharanas, the silver coins of approzimately 88 ratis as mentioned 1 the literature and found in various parts of the land**;”
Jaina Sculptures from Bangladesh
Paresh Chandra Dasgupta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1976
“The history of religious orders in Bengal has a variegation often verging on the mistique through the half-forgotten cross-roads of antiquity.”
Bangalay Bauddha-Dharma review
Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1948
“The object of the work is to present a connected history of Buddhism in Bengal from its inception to disappearance.”
Swadeshi Movement's Anticipation of Gandhian Techniques in Economic Development
Madhumita Saha · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2006
The Original Home of the Imperial Guptas
Dhirendra Chandra Ganguly · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1952
“The Cambridge MSS from Nepal of the 11th century definitely settles the question by locating Mrgasthdpana in Varendri બ North Bengal.”
The Sea and Land Travels of a Buddhist Sadhu in the Sixteenth Century
On some points connected with the Land Revenue Administration in Bengal during the 5th–7th centuries A.C.
U. N. Ghoshal · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
“The records that throw light upon the methods of land-revenue administration in Bengal during the period of the Gupta Emperors and their immediate successors consist in the first place of a series of seven copper-plate inscriptions which પ્રાય be serially numbered as follows”
Development and Growth of Tantric Religion in Mithila
Laksamanasenas Samvat
Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1958
“There can hardly be any doubt that this ruler is identical with king Laksmanasena of the Sena dynasty of Bengal, who ruled in the period circa 1179-1206”
The Northern Buddhism
Hariprasad G. Shastri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925
Some Aspects of the Worship of Nārāyaṇa (II)
Nanimadhab Chaudhuri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946
Jainism in Bengal
Chitta Ranjan Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2005
“By the tenth century A D. North India virtually shut her doors to the followers of Gautama Buddha. But the Buddhists had alrcady broken new grounds in the dominions of the Pala Kings in Bengal and Bihar' during the cighth century A.D.”
King Narasimha of Gaunda and the study of the Mahabhasya in Bengal
Jogendra Chandra Ghosh · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933
“It is on record in the Rajatarangint (1. 176 & 24., vol. IV, p. 107) and Vakyapadiya of Bharttrhari (Kanda, ii, stanzas 4814-90) that the Mahabhdsya was 004 only ousted from Bengal but from the other provinces of India also.”
A Forgotten Conspiracy against the English in Bengal
Nandlal Chatterji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937
“There was an attempt made by पीट Bengal conspirators to combine with Wazir Ali of Oudh, who too had been planning the over-throw of the”
Political Condition of Bengal during Hiuen Tsang’s Visit
Dhirendra Chandra Ganguly · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939
“Hiuen Tsang visited Bengal ic 637 A.D. In his Records he wmentions the four divisions of Bengal, wiz., Pun-na-fa-tan-na (Pundravardhana), San-mo-ta-t’a (Samatata), Tan-mo-lih-ti (Tamra- 126), and Kie(Ka)-lo-na-su-fa-la-na (Karnasuvarpa).””
Some Aspects of the Economic History of Ancient India from Coinage
Chittaranjan Roy Choudhury · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1962
Uddiyana and Sihore
Nalini Nath Das Gupta · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1935
Jainism in Bengal during the Pāla Period as revealed in the Buddhist Dohas
Chitta Ranjan Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1978
“But information gathered from some Dohakogsas reveal a different picture, which bears testimony to the fact that Jainism was one of the six popular religions of Bengal even during the Pala period.”
The Home of Subandhu
Mano Mohan Ghosh · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939
“The catching of living 4429477 fish with a black net from a large puskarini (mabasarasi) 15 a very familiar sight 10 Bengal.”
Commerce and Industry in the Pre-Mughal Period
Jogindra Nath Chowdhuri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1948
Monasteries, Shrines and Society: Buddhist and Brahmanical Religious Institutions in India in their Socio-Economic Context
Birendra Nath Prasad · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2012
The Text-Problem of the Krsnakarnamrta
K. Kunjunni Raja · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946
“The Bengal tradition appears to have originated from the time of Caitanya (1486-1533 A.D.)”
Reviews
Chintaharan Chakravarti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
**Crafts and Industries in Northern India (13th-16th Centuries): A Historiographical Survey**
Gayatri Bhagwat Sahu · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 1997
The Monetary System of the Mughal Times
Gottlieb L. Schanzlin · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933
Rajendra Cola I and Mahipala of Bengal
K. A. Nilakanta Sastri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937
The Jaina Background of 24-Parganas
Gourisankar De · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1983
“The present 24-Parganas represent one of the oldest parts of Bengal and was the meeting ground of different faiths'”
A Stone Visnu-Pata from Mahanad in the National Museum of India
British Colonial Policies and Indian Nationalism
Rukmini Nagarajan · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2012
Reviews
Nalini Nath Das Gupta · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1952
“The monograph gives in Bengali ત critical account of the feasts and festivities of Bengal.”
The Administration of the Delhi Empire in the Pre-Mughal Period
Jogindra Nath Chowdhuri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
Ramapala, the last great Pala King
Vanga and Vangala
V. Raghavan · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1936
“We differed from Dr. Roychowdhury because the only evidence which goes 10 aupport his view is the Ablur inacription of Vijjala® and because the particular invasion of Bengal by this Kalacurya King has no historical hasis at all.®”
The Administrative System of Sher Shah
Buddhism in Kamaripa
Nalini Nath Das Gupta · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1950
“When 10 or about 637 A.D. Hiuen Tsang came ૬૦ visit Bengal he found there all the three prominent religions of the day, एंड Brihmanism, Buddhism and Jainism, flourishing sidé by side.”
The Samvatsarapradipa
Rajendra Chandra Hazra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1945
Relation between the Palas and Senas
Date of Abhinanda, author of the Rimacarita
Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1949
Date of Accession of King Laksmanasena
Chintaharan Chakravarti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927
“The date when king Laksmanasena of the Bengal Sena dynasty ascended the throne has not as yet been determined with any amount of certainty.”
Jalal-ud-Din the Patron of Rayamukuta
Studies in the Kautilya
British Imperialism and East India Company's Conquest of India
Rukmini Nagarajan · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2005
A new type of “b” in the Magadhan Gupta alphabet
On Jainism in Eastern India
Paresh Chandra Dasgupta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1984
“Though Jainism once spread out in various regions of India, the religion once achieved an immense popularity in the East, particularly in Bihar, Orissa and Bengal.”
Ancient Bengal's Jain Heritage: History and Cultural Legacy
Lata Surendra Bothra · Jain Avenue, 2020
A Brief Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts
Mano Mohan Ghosh · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1955
“Prof. Dr. S. K. Chareteji has stressed among other things on che need of a Bengali translation of Jain Canonical works and has discussed the intimate connexion of Jains with the culture of Bengal.”
Importance of the Prakrita Paingala and its place in Indian Literature
The Garuda Purana
Suresh Chandra Banerji, S. B. Chaudhari · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930
Radha or the Ancient Ganga-Rashtra
Cittavisuddhiprakaranam
Review: Introduction to Indian Textual Criticism
A. C. Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1942
“months before the English obtained the dewany from the Emperor of Delhi, they had started taking 2 hand in the revenue admunistration of Bengal and that the formal grant by Shah Alam on the 12th August, 1765, only legalised the existing position”.”
Review: Studies in the History of the British in India
A. C. Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1942
“The paper entitled “The Seiect Committee in Bengal and its conflict with the Council in 1770 deals with an interesting aspect of the early history of British admmustration 10 Bengal.”
Reviews
Mano Mohan Ghosh, U. N. Ghoshal · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1948
“It has been shown some years ago that the Vedic studies were never pursued in Bengal with the same zeal as was the case in some other parts of India”
The Islamic Kingship in India
Anil Chandra Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937
Akbar’s Religious Policy
A further note on the Indian proto-type of the Javanese Kuta-mantra
The Career of Mir Jafar Khan (Review)
S. K. Dave · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1954
“This well-documented volume, originally submictted as a thesis for Doctorate of London University, deals with an important, but hitherto obscure chapter in the history of Bengal.”
Gopala
Jogendra Chandra Ghosh · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
A Note on the Bhaturiya Inscription of Rajyapala
Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1958
Did Caitanya influence Samkaradeva?
Evolution of Jaina Sangha (Part III)
French Colonialism's Impact on Caste and Religion in India
Religions of Ancient India (Review)
Review: The Eastern Frontier of British India
Indubhusan Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1946
“Those forgotten incidents will throw a new light on the recent operations of war in Burma and the Japanese threat to Bengal and Assam.”
On Some Methods and Conclusions in Hindu Politics
A Note on Kicakavadha (reply)
Chintaharan Chakravarti · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930