![]() ![]() Come 19th century and Bengali witnessed a literary renaissance. Even the Muslims of Arrakan, who maintained a close intellectual relationship with Bengal, remained active in their literary pursuits in Bengali. The 17th century was a bit of a low tide for Bengali language and literature, except for its romantic verse tales that were written solely by Muslims. The 15th century saw the rise in popularity of the narrative poetry genre with classics such as Krittivas’ Ramayan and other poems including Srikrishnavijaya by Maladhar Vasu, Chaitanyamangal (the biography of Saint Chaitanya) and epic poems such as Chandimangal and Manasa. Middle Bengali on the other hand, covers a much longer period. The only literary souvenir we have from the Old Bengali era is a collection of forty-eight poems called the Charva Songs composed by the Siddhacharyas, who were Buddhists. ![]() The history of Bengali as a language falls under three eras - Old Bengali (950 A.D - 1350 A.D.), Middle Bengali (1350 - 1800 A.D.) and Modern Bengali (1800 A.D. ![]()
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