Who composed “Chandimangala”?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Mukundaram Chakrabarti
The Chandimangala is a sixteenth-century Bengali poem composed by Mukundaram Chakrabarti. Its hero, Kalaketu, sets up a kingdom by clearing the forests, and people come from many lands to settle there. Historians use it to see how forests were cleared for agricultural settlements in Mughal times.
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