Before the coming of Aryans peoples the name our country was ‘Bang’. Bang was the name of tribal peoples of Dravidian those who came from the Southern and western parts of South-Asia. During the Aryans era, especially the era of Janapada, it was recognized as ‘Banga/Vanga’. The location of Banga was in the east and southeast portion of the present day of Bangladesh there grew a Janapada called ‘Banga’. It is supposed that a race called Banga used to live there. Hence the region was called Banga after their name. From the old stone inscription, we learn about two parts of Bengal. One of them is ‘Vikrampura’ and the other is ‘Navya’. It is supposed that the low-lying areas of the Faridpur, Bakergang and Patuakhali were included in the ‘Navya’ region. The ancient Banga Janapada was a powerful region. It has been learnt from the stone inscription that the reputed ‘Banga Raj’ and the Banga soldiers took part in many formidable battles. After the Aryans people up to Sena regime that means from 756 A.D. up to 1203 A.D. it was recognized as ‘Bengal’.
