Editing History of Bangladesh (section)

===Sena dynasty===
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The Sena dynasty started around 1095 but only finally defeated the Palas around 1150. They apparently originated in Karnataka. Vijayasena took control of northern and western Bengal, removed the Palas from the former regions and based his rule in Nadia. The greatest ruler from the dynasty was Lakshmanasena. He established the dynasty's writ in Orissa and Benares. In 1202, Ikhtiyarrudin Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji took Nadia from the Senas, already having taken Bihar. Lakshmanasena left for Vikrampur in southeastern Bengal.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baxter|first=Craig|year=1997|title=Bangladesh: From A Nation to a State|publisher=Westview Press|page=15|isbn=978-0-813-33632-9}}</ref> His sons inherited the dynasty, which came to an end around 1245 because of feudal revolts and Muslim pressure.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baxter|first=Craig|year=1997|title=Bangladesh: From A Nation to a State|publisher=Westview Press|pages=15–6|isbn=978-0-813-33632-9}}</ref>

The dynasty has been staunchly Brahminist and had attempted to restore Brahminism to Bengal. They also established the system of ''kulin''ism in Bengal; through which higher caste males could take lower caste brides and enhance the status of these women's children. Some postulate that the dynasty's suppression of Buddhism became a cause for the conversions to Islam, especially in eastern Bengal.<ref>{{cite book|last=Baxter|first=Craig|year=1997|title=Bangladesh: From A Nation to a State|publisher=Westview Press|page=16|isbn=978-0-813-33632-9}}</ref>