Belabo

Belabo lies near the old course of the Brahmaputra in eastern Bengal. Nearby Wari and Bateshwar occupy a raised terrace between rivers, where an ancient fortified settlement once stood. Its earthen walls enclosed an inhabited area connected to waterways leading towards the Meghna. Coins, pottery and beads found there point to exchange extending beyond the immediate region. Settlement began centuries before the common era and continued, with interruptions, through later periods.