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Ancient Bengali Presence in Tripura: Evidence from Samatata and Harikela

For a long time, a narrative has been constructed that present-day Tripura belonged exclusively to its tribal people and that Bengalis arrived here only later. Even when the later arrival of Bengalis is discussed, the narrative generally traces it only to Chakla Roshnabad, rarely looking further back. Yet history suggests a more complex picture. The […]