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❦Lakshmana Sena
Last major Sena ruler before Turkic conquest phase
A key historical actor for understanding this transition phase in Bengal.
Biography
Context
In the context of Referenced in relation to major transitions in sovereignty, administration, or resistance politics in Bengal., Lakshmana Sena is recognized as Last major Sena ruler before Turkic conquest phase. A key historical actor for understanding this transition phase in Bengal.
Contribution
Lakshmana Sena played a notable role in Bengal's changing political order and regional power dynamics.
Impact
Helps explain continuity and change across Bengal's medieval-to-early-modern historical arc.
Timeline Placement
Lakshmana Sena appears in 3 linked timeline events, spanning c. 1095-1205 - 1204-1205.
First Appearance
c. 1095-1205
Latest Appearance
1204-1205
Active Span
c. 1095-1205 - 1204-1205
Linked Events
3
Legacy Summary
Helps explain continuity and change across Bengal's medieval-to-early-modern historical arc. This influence is reflected across 3 connected events.
References
Key sources for understanding this figure
Ikhtiyar al-Din Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji
Britannica biographical summary used for date framing and wider South Asian campaign context, including the conquest of Nadia.
Cited in: 2 events
Sena dynasty
Britannica reference for late Sena rule and Lakshmana Sena's retreat from Nadia after Bakhtiyar Khalji's conquest.
Cited in: 2 events
A History of Bangladesh
A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.
Cited in: 1 events
Bakhtiyar Khalji
Banglapedia entry covering Bakhtiyar Khalji's Bengal campaign, conquest of Nadia, and early political consolidation in Bengal.
Cited in: 1 events
History
General Bangladesh history reference useful for political chronology around the Ershad takeover and the 1980s authoritarian period.
Cited in: 1 events
Riyaz-us-Salatin: A History of Bengal
A key Persian chronicle of Muslim rule in Bengal from the conquest of Nadia in 1204-05 to Plassey in 1757.
Cited in: 1 events
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