History of Mymensingh

History of Mymensingh refers to the history of old or greater Mymensingh District, an area presently covered by Mymensingh, Kishoreganj, Netrakona, Tangail, Jamalpur, and Sherpur Districts. All six were included in the Dhaka Division of Bangladesh until 2015, when Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Netrakona and Sherpur Districts were removed to form a new Mymensingh Division. Mymensingh District was established by the British East India Company on 1 May 1787. Prior to that it is history of this area in general.

In ancient times the area was mostly part of Vanga, a non-Aryan territory covering the eastern part of the Gangetic delta. According to some writers it also covered territories east of the old course of the Brahmaputra

The impact of Aryan-Brahmana culture was felt in Bengal much after the same spread across India. The various non-Aryan people then living in Bengal were powerful and thus the spread of Aryan-Brahman culture was strongly resisted and the assimilation took a long time.

In a map published in his book Indica, the Greek traveller Megasthenes, who visited in 302 BC, presents the entire Mymensingh area and much beyond in Kamarupa. In 4th century AD, during the reign of Samudragupta, the region (whole of Kamrupa) was part of the Gupta Empire. During his visit to the area in 639-45 AD, the Chinese monk, Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang) found both Buddhism and Jainism flourishing in Bengal. According to certain records, some parts of the Mymensingh area, which was part of Pundravardhana in 7th century AD, was restored to Kamrupa between the 8th and 10th centuries. Subsequently, some small kingdoms, subservient to the Pala Empire were there in area. While Sishu Pal, Harishchandra Pal and Jasho Pal, ruled in the southern portions, Bhag Dutta (who ruled in Kamrupa) established himself in the Madhupur tract.

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