How Islam penetrated Bengal

1. Evolution of Bangali Beginning In 1500 B.C., Bengal was mainly inhabited by Australoid people. Around this time, some Mongoloid tribes started settling down in the North –East of the Deltas while few Proto-Dravidian tribes started making South-West as their abode. Aryans initially shunned water logged Bengal deltas but by 1500 B.C. they also started immigrating to Bengal. Bhadrabahu, a Jain saint from a Brahmin family of Northern Bengal served Chandra Gupta Mauryan in 300 B.C. Aryan migration to Bengal did start long before advent of Buddha and Mahavira. Aryan migration to Bengal was a win-win situation. Aryans brought with them wet rice cultivation technique which transformed the water logged land into a surplus rice producing area. At that time Bengal as we understand today did not exist. Bengal did not have a large population. Eastern Bengal was a dense forest. Only south-western and northern part had settled population. However, small groups of indigenous people were...