The legal status of the forests underwent a series of changes, including the distinction of being the first mangrove forest in the world to be brought under scientific management. Evidence of the fact can be traced from the ruins at Netidhopani and other places scattered all over Sundarbans.
Many have been known to be attacked by Tigers Many of the buildings which were built by them later fell to hands of Portuguese pirates, salt smugglers and dacoits in the 17th century. Many criminals took refuge in the Sundarbans from the advancing armies of Emperor Akbar. During the Mughal period, the Mughal Kings leased the forests of the Sundarbans to nearby residents. A ruin of a city built by Chand Sadagar has been found in the Baghmara Forest Block. The history of the area can be traced back to 200–300 AD. The Sundarbans has also been enlisted among the finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature History Additionally, the Sundarbans serves a crucial function as a protective barrier for the millions of inhabitants in and around Khulna and Monglaagainst the floods that result from the cyclones. The remaining forests, pain together with the Sundarbans mangroves, are important habitat for the endangered tiger. The fertile soils of the delta have been subject to intensive human use for centuries, and the ecoregion has been mostly converted to intensive agriculture, with few enclaves of forest remaining. The area is known for the eponymous Royal Bengal Tiger ( Panthera tigris tigris), as well as numerous fauna including species of birds, spotted deer, crocodiles and snakes. The interconnected network of waterways makes almost every corner of the forest accessible by boat. The Sundarbans is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests. The Sundarbans is estimated to be about 4,110 km², of which about 1,700 km² is occupied by waterbodies in the forms of river, canals and creeks of width varying from a few meters to several kilometers. It became inscribed as a UNESCO world heritage suite in 1997. The seasonally-flooded Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests lie inland from the mangrove forests on the coastal fringe. The forest lies in the vast delta on the Bay of Bengal formed by the super confluence of the Padma, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers across Saiyan southern Bangladesh.
But the generally accepted view is the one associated with Sundari trees. Alternatively, it has been proposed that the name is a corruption of Samudraban ( Bengali: সমুদ্রবন Shomudrobôn “Sea Forest”) or Chandra-bandhe (name of a primitive tribe). The name may have been derived from the Sundari trees that are found in Sundarbans in large numbers. The name Sundarban can be literally translated as “beautiful jungle” or “beautiful forest” in the Bengali language ( Sundar, “beautiful” and ban, “forest” or “jungle”). The largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world.
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