The eastern region is mainly alluvial for almost half of its northern length. This is the region through which the gigantic Ganga-Jamuna-Son and the Brahmaputra system drain. Present states of Bihar, West Bengal and Orissa constitute the western wing of the region, the eastern wing which lies east of Bangladesh was earlier known as Assam and the North East Frontier [...]
Spread of Civilization: A region is considered to be civilized if its people know writing, set up a system for collecting taxes, and maintaining order, form social classes and produce specialists for performing priestly, administrative, and production functions. Above all, a civilized society is able to produce enough to sustain not only the actual producers comprising artisans and peasants but [...]
In Eastern India, the socio-religious reform movement was spearheaded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, a reputed linguist, and an erudite scholar born of affluent family. Ram Mohan started his service activities from 1814 on settling at Calcutta after relinquishing his job in the East India Company. He started Atemiya Sabha in 1814 and carried on his struggle against idolatry and [...]