Sikkim :: West Bengal :: Odisha :: Bihar
East India is located by the east coast of India, near the
Bay of Bengal, including the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and
Orrisa. Eastern India also comprise of the easternmost states of India;
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and
Tripura. One of the most important rivers that flow through this region is the
mighty Brahmaputra, which originates in Tibet and eventually empties itself
into the Bay of Bengal. East India has been the ruling ground for many ancient
empires such as the Maurya, Sunga, Kalinga and Pala Empires. On the other hand
the states to the extreme east of India have a strong ethnic culture that escaped
Sanskritization, and have a predominance of Tibeto- Burman language.
