A delightfully irreverent and thoroughly readable history of Bengal (the Indian province famous for being the British Bridgehead) from the earliest times to the Battle of Buxar in 1764. It contains lists of kings, maps, event trees, hierarchy charts, and Venn diagrams and more importantly, it contains stuff your history teacher did not tell you. Includes two bonus chapters on the Great Bengal Famines of 1770 and 1866 and on the infamous Bengal opium.
