A map of East India, including Jharkhand and Bihar, which are sometimes considered part of North India instead.
'East India' is a region of
India consisting of the states of
West Bengal,
Bihar,
Jharkhand, and
Orissa. It is geographically between
North India and
North-East India, and shares many cultural and linguistic characteristics with
Bangladesh, which formed part of this region before
Partition. The
Indo-Aryan languages spoken in this region descend from the
Magadhi Prakrits spoken in the ancient kingdom of
Magadha. Of these,
Magadhi and
Oriya, which remain virtually unchanged for over a thousand years, are considered the most direct descendants. Bengali and Assamese emerged as distinct languages from Magadhi Prakrit around 9/10
th century A.D.
Durga and
Jagannath are particularly popular deities in this region.
Puri is the eastern center for pilgrimage in Hinduism, and Bhubaneswar is considered to be the city of temples.
West Bengal's capital
Kolkata is the biggest metropolis of the region. However, the cities of
Bhubaneswar,
Cuttack and
Puri in Orissa, and Bihar's capital
Patna, were historically more prominent.
See also
★
North-East India
★
North India
★
South India
★
West India
العربية
中国
Français
Deutsch
Ελληνική
हिन्दी
Italiano
日本語
Português
Русский
Español
