Bengal

:For the breed of cat, see Bengal cat; for the tiger, see Bengal Tiger; for the American football franchise, see Cincinnati Bengals

Rulers of Bengal

Pala Dynasty

• Gopala I c. 750-c. 770
• Dharmapala c. 770-c. 810
• Devapala c. 810-c. 850
• Vigrahapala I c. 850-c. 875
• Narayanapala c. 875-c. 908
• Rajyapala c. 908-c. 935
• Gopala II c. 935-c. 952
• Vigrahapala II c. 952-c. 988
• Mahipala I c. 988-c. 1038
• Nayapala c. 1038-c. 1055
• Vigrahapala III c. 1055-c. 1070
• Mahipala II c. 1070-c. 1075
• Shurapala c. 1075-c. 1077
• Ramapala c. 1077-c. 1120
• Kumarapala c. 1120-c. 1125
• Gopala III c. 1125-c. 1144
• Madanapala c. 1144-c. 1161

Sena Dynasty

• Ballalasena c. 1161-c. 1178
• Lakhsmanasena c. 1178-c. 1205
• Vishvarupasena c. 1205-c. 1220
• Keshavarsena c. 1220-c. 1250

Ilyas Dynasty

• Mahmud I 1437-1459
• Barbak I 1459-1474
• Yusuf 1474-1481
• Sikandar II 1481
• Fath Shah 1481-1486

Ganesa Dynasty

• Raja Ganesh 1415-1418
• Mohammed 1418-1431
• Ahmad 1431-1436

Habshis Dynasty

• Barbak II 1486-1487
• Firuz III 1487-1489
• Mahmud II 1489-1490
• Muzaffar 1490-1494

Husaini Dynasty

• Aladdin Husain 1494-1518
• Nusrat 1518-1533
• Firuz IV 1533
• Mahmud III 1533-1538

Suri Dynasty

• Sher Shah 1539-1540
• Khidr 1540-1545
• Mohammed Khan 1545-1555
• Bahadur 1555-1561
• Jalal 1561-1564

Karani (Kararani) Dynasty

• Sulaiman 1564-1572
• Bayazid II 1572
• Daoud 1572-1576

Nawabs of Bengal

• Murshid Quli Djafar Khan 1703-1727
• Shoja ud-Din 1727-1739
• Safaraz Khan 1739-1740
• Ali Vardi Khan 1740-1756
• Siraj Ud Daulah 1756-1757
• Mir Djafar 1757-1760
• Mir Qasim 1760-1763
• Mir Djafar (2nd time) 1763-1765
• Najm ud-Dawlah 1765-1766
• Saif ud-Dawlah 1766-1770