Dhaka (Dacca) is a modern megacity with origins dating to circa the 7th century CE.[citation needed] The history of Dhaka begins with the existence of urbanised settlements that were ruled by the Hindu Gauda Kingdom, Buddhist and Shaivite[2] Pala Empire before passing to the control of the Hindu Sena dynasty in the 10th century CE.[3] After the Sena dynasty, the city was ruled by the Hindu Deva Dynasty.[4]
Dhaka was successively ruled by the Turkic and Afghan governors descending from the Delhi Sultanate, followed by the Bengal Sultanate, before the arrival of the Mughals in 1608[citation needed]. The city became proto-industrialised and declared capital of the Mughal Bengal and commercial (financial) capital of the Mughal India.[citation needed] The Dhaka natural riverine port has a recorded existence since the 16th century CE.[citation needed] Dhaka's strategic riverine location in Bengal made it a hub for Eurasian traders, including Armenians, the Portuguese, French, Dutch and British.[citation needed] The bustling old city was known as the Venice of the East.[citation needed] After Mughals, British ruled the region for 200 years until the independence of India in 1947. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, Dhaka became the capital of the new state.
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- ^ Dhaka City Corporation (5 September 2006). "Pre-Mughal History of Dhaka". Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
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