The Last Hindu King of Bengal: Hemu Sen's Lost Capital

In 1325, a Sena prince named Hemu Sen fled the Turkic conquest of his homeland and established a new kingdom in the forests of Sylhet. This episode of Fexingo History follows Hemu's journey from the Sena court at Vikrampur to the eastern frontier, where he built a fortified capital at a place called Baniachong. We explore how he held off the Sultanate armies for decades, his diplomacy with the Ahom kings of Assam, and the archaeological traces of his rule — from copper plates to a ruined mosque that stands on the site of his palace. Drawing on the latest research, including the work of historian Syed Mujtaba Ali, we separate fact from legend in the story of Bengal's last independent Hindu king, who kept the flame of the Sena dynasty alive long after the rest of Bengal had fallen to the Delhi Sultanate. #HemuSen #SenaDynasty #Sylhet #Baniachong #Bengal #MedievalIndia #DelhiSultanate #AhomKingdom #HinduKings #CopperPlates #Archaeology #LostCapital #SouthAsia #History #FexingoHistory #IndianHistory #BengalHistory #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo