Masterpieces of Ganges delta. Collections from the Bangladesh museums
http://us.franceguide.com/edito.html?EditoId=91545 Masterpieces of Ganges delta. Collections from the Bangladesh museums M usée des arts asiatiques Guimet Bangladesh possesses an immensely important cultural heritage, this arising from the fact that the eastern half of Bengal has been one of the cultural richest regions of the Indian world; a vision far from the catastrophic one that the western world often tends to favour. The region is associated with the art of the Pala and Sena dynasties (8th 13th century). Archaeological study has however revealed vestiges that are more ancient like the Mahasthan site which stands on what used to be Pundravardhana, and goes back to the Maurya and Sunga periods (3rd 1st century BC). It has also revealed vestiges from the Gupta period (4th 6th century). Pundravardhana-Mahasthan is, to this day, the old