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The Sena Dynasty: Bengal's Last Hindu Kings
In episode 190 of Fexingo's Hidden History of Bengal, Lucas and Luna turn to the Sena dynasty — the last great Hindu rulers of Bengal before the Turkish conquest. They trace the Senas' rise from a Kannada warrior family to the throne of Gauda, their patronage of Sanskrit literature, and their sudden collapse before Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji's cavalry in 1204. Along the way, they unpack the legend of Ballal Sen's caste reforms, the poetry of Jayadeva's Gita Govinda, and the mystery of how a dynasty that seemed so powerful vanished so fast. A story about the fragility…
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