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<p> One of the three Indian presi dencies, but more particularly a province lying in the plain of the Lower [[Ganges]] and the delta of the Ganges-Brahmaputra, with the [[Himalayas]] on the N. At the base of the mountains are great forests; along the seaboard dense jungles. The climate is hot and humid, drier at Behar, and passing through every gradation up to the snow-line. The people are engaged in agriculture, raising indigo, jute, opium, rice, tea, cotton, sugar, &c. Coal, iron, and copper mines are worked in Burdwân. The manufactures are of cotton and jute. The population is mixed in blood and speech, but Hindus speaking Bengali predominate. [[Education]] is further advanced than elsewhere; there are fine colleges affiliated to [[Calcutta]] University, and many other scholastic institutions. The capital, Calcutta, is the capital of India; the next town in size is Patna. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_68807" /> == | |||
<p> [[One]] of the three [[Indian]] presi dencies, but more particularly a province lying in the plain of the [[Lower]] [[Ganges]] and the delta of the Ganges-Brahmaputra, with the [[Himalayas]] on the N. At the base of the mountains are great forests; along the seaboard dense jungles. The climate is hot and humid, drier at Behar, and passing through every gradation up to the snow-line. The people are engaged in agriculture, raising indigo, jute, opium, rice, tea, cotton, sugar, &c. Coal, iron, and copper mines are worked in Burdwân. The manufactures are of cotton and jute. The population is mixed in blood and speech, but [[Hindus]] speaking [[Bengali]] predominate. [[Education]] is further advanced than elsewhere; there are fine colleges affiliated to [[Calcutta]] University, and many other scholastic institutions. The capital, Calcutta, is the capital of India; the next town in size is Patna. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_68807"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/bengal Bengal from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_68807"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/bengal Bengal from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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