What does the encroachment of the Buriganga river say about Dhaka city’s trajectory into consumerism?
Around the turn of the 16th century, the royal Mughals were worried about maintaining control of the region’s waterways against foreign forces. In an attempt to that, they would go on to develop what is now Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, centering their settlements around the Buriganga river, which was connected to the Bay of Bengal. After the Mughals had greater control of the waterways, the demand for Muslin consequently rose. The Muslin fabric trade flourished, and thus started the...