Tagore’s Bengal was both farm and forest. To this day, parts of Bengal are somewhat wild (the Sundarbans for example) but it was most certainly not a forest civilization by Tagore’s time. The Mughals oversaw a vast expansion of the agrarian regime in Bengal. Via Wikipedia:
Tagore's Mythical Forest
Tagore's Mythical Forest
Tagore's Mythical Forest
Tagore’s Bengal was both farm and forest. To this day, parts of Bengal are somewhat wild (the Sundarbans for example) but it was most certainly not a forest civilization by Tagore’s time. The Mughals oversaw a vast expansion of the agrarian regime in Bengal. Via Wikipedia: