Visiting 600 Years Old Mosque: My 10 Years Old Travel Story
Very often, I am asked a query my travel stories about my own country by some of my Hive friends, like
, who love blogs on travelling. Regarding Bangladesh, I have a tiny number of posts and I also want to share more about my country but my scopes are just limited. And due to the lack of Informations very few foreigners visit Bangladesh which is really a pathetic story for us while we have some amazing beauty of the nature, nice welcoming people, and many old architectural archeological relics. There are many reasons behind it, as I have been living in China since 2019 and I started blogging in late 2021, so I got more travelling stories in Beijing. It doesn't mean that I did not have enough travel stories from my own country. I have a lot of them as I have been quite a good explorer since 2010 when I first went to Dhaka from a rural village. But at that time, cameras were very luxurious products for families like us as my parents were not able to afford them. I had a NOKIA 1208 button phone that cost around 1600 Bangladeshi Taka at that time for emergency calling only. I bought my first Java phone in 2012 when I was preparing for my university admission with around 4000 BDT; it was a Chinese brand phone, which was my first access to a camera, as a complete camera was more expensive to have for me.
I was deeply moved while reading Hassan's travelogue about Bangladesh, a handsome man from the Indian subcontinent!😄
Among the countries of the Indian subcontinent, Bangladesh is more unfamiliar to the average East Asian man than Pakistan or India.
East Asian men who have traveled to Bangladesh say that Bangladeshi food is tastier than Indian food. Bangladesh has poorly developed industry and manufacturing, but it has very fertile agricultural land and coastal areas, so food is abundant.
East Asian men said Bangladeshis are friendly to foreigners because they have plenty of food even though they are short on money.
Text of the visit of Jibin by Hyecho: he reports that the Turk King, Queen and dignitaries practice Buddhism (三寶, "Triratna"). 726 CE.[4][5]
Hyecho (Sanskrit: Prajñāvikrama; 704–787) was a Korean Buddhist monk from Silla, one of Korea's Three Kingdoms. He is primarily remembered for his account of his travels in medieval India, the Wang Ocheonchukguk Jeon.
Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
Since ancient times, Bangladesh has had a long history of friendly relations with East Asia.
Since ancient times, Bangladesh has been one of the richest and most developed regions of Indian civilization.
So, many East Asians went to Bangladesh to study Indian Buddhism.
East Asian men began visiting the Indian subcontinent 2,000 years ago, and the people who shocked them the most were Indian women.
At that time, Buddhist civilization flourished in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh was so wealthy that it provided free food, clothing and shelter to men from East Asia.
Let's look at the records of East Asian men who visited the Indian subcontinent.
Indian women wore only a piece of cloth because of the hot weather.
East Asian men were shocked to see Indian women's bodies, which were completely different from those of East Asian women!😱
My brother Hassan will understand what I mean!?😁
So, Paintings, sculptures and photographs depicting Indian women began to become popular among East Asian men!😍
East Asian men were attracted to Hinduism and Buddhism because they went to Bangladesh during the time when Buddhist civilization was developing.
Many East Asian royalty married Indian women because East Asian men were attracted to their physical attractiveness.
My favorite Indian romance!
East Asian scholars have argued that Indian women who married East Asian kings spread Buddhism to East Asia.
The woman in this photo is famous for showing East Asian men the beauty of women from the Indian subcontinent.
East Asian men were fascinated by these beautiful women of the Indian subcontinent.
The Pala Empire in the ninth century CE[3][4][5]
The Pāla Empire (r. 750–1161 CE)[1][2] was an imperial power during the post-classical period in the Indian subcontinent,[18] which originated in the region of Bengal. It is named after its ruling dynasty, whose rulers bore names ending with the suffix Pāla ("protector" in Sanskrit). The empire was founded with the election of Gopāla as the emperor of Gauda in late eighth century CE.[1] The Pala stronghold was located in Bengal and eastern Bihar, which included the major cities of Gauḍa, Vikramapura, Pāṭaliputra, Monghyr, Somapura, Ramavati (Varendra), Tāmralipta and Jagaddala.[19]
I am interested in The Pāla Empire (r. 750–1161 CE) which existed in Bangladesh 1000 years ago.
Many East Asian men are interested in the Hindu and Buddhist civilizations of India, so they study the history of the wars between the Pala Empire and Islam. Since ancient times, the Indian subcontinent has been the birthplace of Hinduism and Buddhism, but since Islam came to India, they have been at war with each other to this day.
The legend of Padmavati, which still fascinates East Asian men to this day, symbolizes the war between Hinduism and Islam.
Many East Asian men feel that the essence of the Indian subcontinent is similar to Hindu beautiful women.
This is because the Indian beauties who have fascinated East Asian men for 2,000 years were Hindus and Buddhists.
So, East Asian men have always felt that the essence of the Indian subcontinent is like the beauties of Hinduism and Buddhism.
So, I guessed that when dealing with people in the Indian subcontinent, I should act like I was seducing a woman.😃
This is a painting by an East Asian man depicting a Chinese prince seducing an Indian beauty queen.😉
Bangladeshi beauty and East Asian man
I guess Bangladesh is more Buddhist than India and Pakistan. Many East Asian men have argued that Bangladesh is more Buddhist because East Asians can freely marry Bangladeshi women.
However, it is impossible for an East Asian man to marry a Muslim woman in Pakistan.
So, many East Asian men say Bangladesh is friendlier than Pakistan.
I hope my dear brother Hassan can understand my awkward English!😌