 Since the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, it has its own military.The Pala Empire is famous for the conquest of Kannuj held by Dharmapala by fighting a war Gujara Prahi

The Sena dynasty was a Hindu dynasty.Bengal became independent from the Delhi Sultanate in 1338, and remained independent till 1576 (except for brief Mughal and Afghan occupations in the 1540s).