Baniachang

Baniachang lies among the haors, the great seasonal wetlands of the Sylhet basin. In the rains, water spreads across the low country and villages rise above it on higher ground. The place was the seat of a powerful local ruling house associated with the kingdom of Laur. By the fifteenth century the Baniachang family had united much of the surrounding territory, including lands to the south around Habiganj.