Gauda-Rajmahal Corridor

Early 7th century

Shashanka and the Gauda Kingdom

A major early sovereign power in Bengal.

In the early 7th century, Shashanka, king of Gauda, expanded authority over a substantial part of the Ganges valley and represented one of the earliest major sovereign political formations centered on Bengal.

1576 (July 12)

Battle of Rajmahal

Mughal forces defeat Daud Khan Karrani and end the Bengal Sultanate's final Afghan line.

On July 12, 1576, Mughal forces defeated Daud Khan Karrani at the Battle of Rajmahal. The victory marked the collapse of the Karrani regime, often treated as the terminal phase of independent Bengal Sultanate power, and accelerated Bengal's incorporation into the Mughal imperial framework.

1610

Capital Shift to Dhaka (Jahangirnagar)

Islam Khan moves Bengal's Mughal capital from Rajmahal to Dhaka.

In 1610, Islam Khan Chishti transferred the Mughal provincial capital of Bengal from Rajmahal to Dhaka and renamed it Jahangirnagar in official use. The move aligned administration with the Bhati frontier where major resistance networks operated.