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The Lost River Ports of Bengal: Where the Ganges Met the Sea
Before Calcutta, before the Mughals, the rivers of Bengal were highways of empire. In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the rise and fall of the great river ports that once linked the Bay of Bengal to the silk routes of Asia. From the ancient emporium of Tamralipta, where Chinese pilgrims boarded ships for Sri Lanka, to the medieval hub of Saptagram, where Venetian merchants traded for muslin and silk, and the Portuguese settlement at Hooghly that became a flashpoint for Mughal power — these ports were the beating heart of Bengal's economy and culture. But rivers are fickle. Silt and…
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