The Ramayana in Eastern India (An Old and Rare Book)

About the Book This volume is an outcome of the seminar 'The Ramayana in Eastern India', held at the Modern Indian Languages Department of the University of Calcutta in 1980. The great Sanskrit epic, the Ramayana as composed by Valmiki, the Kaviguru of the classical Indian poetry, is unquestionably one of the greatest books of the world. Now we are having modern scholars of the Ramayana studies, on the influence and impact of the great work, seeking to find out and establish how and when the Ramayana began and took its modern shape in different regional languages in Eastern India. Here our combined effort, all working together, from different angles, will undoubtedly indicate some pathways through this volume.

About the Author Dr. Asit K. Banerjee, Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, Professor former Head of the Department of Modern Indian Languages, Calcutta University, an eminent teacher and critic of Bengali Literature, was born in 1920. He has contributed scores of articles and a good number of books which includes Bengla Sahityer Itibritta, (Vols. I-V).

Research guide of many Ph.D. scholars of this State and abroad including Bangladesh; Visiting Professor to Berhampur University ( Orissa); Delegate, Fifth Conference of the International Buddhist Studies, Oxford; inaugurated Nazrul Islam Extension Lectures, Chittagong University; invited to deliver lectures at the University of Dhaka, Jahangirnagar, Rajshai, Bangla Academy, Bhasha Parishad (Dhaka University) and Asiatic Society of Bangladesh; Director, Gaveshana Parishad (Deptt. of Bengali, Calcutta University) ; Editor, Anchalik Abhidhan; Vice- President, Bangiya Sahitya Parishad ( Calcutta ), Member, Asiatic Society, Calcutta, Panel On Modern Indian Languages, University Grants Commission, Executive Board, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, etc., etc.

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