Bangladesh National Culture and Heritage : An Introductory Reader (Paperback)

by Sayed Mohammad Shahed (Editor) , Dr. Abdul Momin Chowdhury (Editor) , Bazlur Mobin Chowdhury (Editor) , A F Salauddin Ahmed (Editor) , A. Majeed Khan (Editor)

Category: Society, Civilization & Culture of Bangladesh

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Bangladesh: National Culture and Heritage offers readers a comprehensive illustration of its history, society and culture. It deals with major aspects of the life and traditions of Bangladesh, highlighting the social, political, economic and cultural trends and changes across different periods.
The term “Bangladesh” here includes the inheritance of undivided Bengal, along with ancient Vanga and other neighbouring entities. Its recorded history begins in the fourth century BCE, but the land and its inhabitants are much older. Bengal has seen waves of settlers assimilate into local population throughout the ages. As 17th century French traveller Bernier said, “Bengal has hundred gates open for entrance, but not one for departure.
The chapters cover the ancient, medieval and modern periods. Recent archeological discoveries are incorporated and the development in modern education, science and technology are also reviewed. The economic development, trade, agriculture, faith, arts, architecture, painting, sculpture, language, literature, music and folklore are also elaborately covered. Scholars who are the pre-eminent experts in each area have authored the essays published in this volume
with the latest photographs and plates. This volume is used in some universities as a compulsory general reader of past and present situation of Bangladesh and historical Bengal and the people who have inhabited this area. It is written in plain language so that a young reader may discover the diversity in Bangladesh and its heritage.
For the curious reader, it is an outline and introduction by experts with the opportunity to delve deeper directly with scholars still alive.
This second edition is thoroughly revised and updated with new articles to accommodate contemporary discoveries and thinking.
Contents
1. Land and People
Physical and Anthropological Geography
Ethnic Diversity in Bangladesh
Archaeological Sites and Monuments in Bangladesh
Recent Archaeological Discovery: Wari-Bateshwar
2. Ancient Bangladesh
Political History
Society and Culturl
3. Muslim Conquest of Bengal
Sultanate: Society and Culture
The Mughal Rule: Politics, Society and Culture
Islamization of Bengal
4. Bengal Under Colonial Rule
Politics and Society
Religious and Social Reform Movement
Evolution of Political Ideas and Movements
5. Bengali Nationalism and the Emergence of Bangladesh
6. Economic and Social Development in Bangladesh Agriculture: Historical Perspectives
Industrialization of Bangladesh in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Changing Class and Social Structure in Bangladesh since 1793
7. Education in Bangladesh: An Overview
8. Science and Technology in Bangladesh
9. The Major Religions of Bangladesh
10. Arts and Architecture in Bangladesh Bengal Architecture through the Ages Painting and Sculpture in Bangladesh
11. Bengali Language and Literature
12. Bengali Music
13. Folkloric Bangladesh

Title	Bangladesh National Culture and Heritage : An Introductory Reader
Editor	Sayed Mohammad Shahed , Dr. Abdul Momin Chowdhury , Bazlur Mobin Chowdhury , A F Salauddin Ahmed , A. Majeed Khan
Publisher	The University Press Limited(UPL)
ISBN	9789845062732
Edition	1st Published, 2022
Number of Pages	538
Country	Bangladesh
Language	English

A. Majeed Khan

A. Majeed Khan educated in Kolkata (India), London and Minnesota, USA (Ph.D). He is a Phi Beta Kappa (for liberal education) and Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary doctorate for contribution to higher education) Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA; decorated by the Republic of France: Officier dan ordre des Palmes Academiques for contribution to education, science and culture. He has been a cabinet minister and an ambassador of Bangladesh, a member of the Executive Board and Permanent Representative to the UNESCO. Dr. Khan founded the School of Social Work at Rajshahi University in 1964, first private university: Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), 1991, and is the founder Vice Chancellor of University of Information Technology and Science (UITS), 2003. He taught at universities of Leiden (Holland), Stockholm (Sweden), Jordan and as distinguished visiting professor at Hamline University, Minnesota, USA. He served the UNDP and retired as a senior director and lately, he was a senior visiting fellow in the Department of Rural Sociology of the University of Wisconsin, USA.