For instance, U. The extensive diaspora of the Bengali population all over the globe, has raised the everyday demand and popularity of this language in the international scene. Bengali is more than a language for it opens the door to a whole vista of rich cultural material, that is both traditional and contemporary. Those who learn Bengali, soon find themselves enamored by the works of Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel laureate in literature, and hosts of other reputed literateurs.
Others learn to appreciate the beauty and craft of Bengali cinema, especially the films of Satyajit Ray, the Oscar winner of the 'Lifetime Achievement Award'.
For those interested in philosophy and religion, a knowledge of Bengali becomes crucial to an understanding of the philosophy of Swami Vivekananda, Chaitanya and the Bhakti movement in Bengal.
It is assumed that among the ancient inhabitants of Bangladesh, the speakers of austric language were the majority. The ethnic groups of santals , Banshforh, rajbangshi in Bangladesh are related to the Proto-Australoids.
The society and social system forged by these ancient communities underwent transformation after the arrival of the Aryans. Mongoloid blood is also visible in the population of Bangladesh. New blood was infused among the Bangalis after the arrival of the Shaka people Scythians from Persia and Turkistan. The mixing of foreign blood with that of the Bangalis was also clearly apparent during the historical phase. Various groups of adventurous people from different regions of India as well as from outside India contributed towards formation of the Bangali nation through their arrivals here.
This intermingling of blood continued even during the Pakistani era. This mixing Shankarayana has been geared up even more during the current age of globalisation.
In one word, the Bangalis are a mixed shankara nation. Although this environment of intermingling exists in modern times, the ancient ethos has remained the real identity of the Bangali nation. There is no mention of the Bengal region in the hymns of the vedas. The most ancient place of the Vedics was Bihar.
It is mentioned in the Aitareya Brahman that 'robbers' lived to the east of the eastern Aryabarta. After declaring the existence of robbers, Aitareya mentions about the Pundra nation and its capital pundranagara.
The present Mahasthangarh was that capital of the robbers. Although not mentioned in Aitareya Brahman , its contemporary Aitareya Aranyaka mentions about the Bangali race for the first time. It gave the verdict that the robbers were deviant sinners because they did not follow any 'true book'.
It is seen in the ramayana and the mahabharata that not only were the Bangalis non-sinners, they were a promising nation fit to become an ally of the Aryans. The Mahabharata mentions about the conquest of the pundravardhana and a few other Bangali habitats by 'Bhim'. In the Teerthajatra part of the book Bonparban , the river Karatoa — a segment of the river Ganges that flowed beside the Pundranagara — was declared as holy.
Similarly, the Bangali communities gradually involved themselves with the Aryans during the age of the Mahabharata with prestige and honour. During the historical phase, the first mention of the Bangali ethnic groups is found in the writings of Greek historians who accompanied the conqueror Alexander the Great during his campaign of victory in India.
They noted the existence of powerful states in eastern India. These states and provinces indicated the political growth and even massive participation in foreign trade by Bengal. In the eyes of the Chinese travellers, 'Tamralipti' — the seaport of Pundra state was an international port.
These imply that various small and large states were formed in Bengal alongside the Aryan civilisation, and even before their arrival. Veerkarna, Krishna and Bhimsen had displayed heroism by conquering the Bengal states in the 'Mahabharata'. Majority of the Bengalis in Bangladesh are Muslims. The Bengali Hindus are the largest minority group in Bangladesh. India has the second highest number of Bengalis right behind Bangladesh. India is home to over 97 million Bengalis with a large percentage of them living in West Bengal and Tripura.
Over Other states with Bengalis include Tripura 2,, , Assam 9,, , and Jharkhand 3,, among others. A huge percentage of the Bengali people living in India are Bengali Hindus. Pakistan has the third highest Bengalis population in the world with most of them migrating from Bangladesh since A considerable percentage of the Pakistani Bengali live in Karachi , and most of them have assimilated with the Urdu-speaking people.
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