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The Sundarbans Frontier: Pirates, Tigers, and Bengal's Wild Edge
In this episode, Lucas and Luna venture into the Sundarbans, the vast mangrove forest at the mouth of the Ganges, a region that has long been a frontier between land and sea, civilization and wilderness. They explore how this treacherous landscape shaped Bengal's history, from the ancient Mauriyan period through the Mughal era to the British colonial rule. Lucas recounts the exploits of the Portuguese pirates and Magh raiders who used the delta's labyrinthine waterways as a base, and the Mughal attempts to control the region through the construction of forts and the granting of…
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