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<p>the fall of the <a href="page.php?w=Sasanian_Empire">Sasanian Empire</a> and the <a href="page.php?w=Arab">Arab</a> takeover of Persian trade routes. Much of this trade occurred with southeastern Bengal in areas east of the <a href="page.php?w=Meghna_River">Meghna River</a>. Bengal was probably used as a transit route to China by the earliest Muslims. <a href="page.php?w=Abbasid">Abbasid</a> coins have been discovered in the archaeological ruins of <a href="page.php?w=Somapura_Mahavihara">Paharpur</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Mainamati">Mainamati</a>.</p><p>
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