Dutt, Romesh Chunder: The literature of Bengal: being an attempt to trace the progress of the national mind in its various aspects, as reflected in the nation’s literature from the earliest times to the present day ; with copious extracts from the best writers (Calcutta, 1877)

. HAKUNDA CHAKEAVARTI. 109

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seventh generation lived in the p*etty village of Damunya
engaged in agricultural pursuits. It appears that' when
Ei Mansing became the ruler of Bengal, Muhammad Sharif,
an oppressive man, was invested with power and in-
fluence, and aa a consequence the people were grievous-
ly oppressed. Brahmans and Vaishnavas, traders and

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