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 CHAPTER VI THE POST-CHAITANYA LITERATURE, 1. (a) The Court of Raid Krismna Chandra of Nadia.— Vitiated classical taste and word-painting. (b) Alaol—The Mahamedan poet who heralded the new age. His life and a review of his works. (c) The Story of Vidya-Sundara. id) Early poets of the Vidya-Sundara-poems. (e) Bharata Chandra Rai Gunakara—the great poet of the 18th century. Pranarama Chakra. varti. It (a) The Court of Raja Rajavallabha of Raia Nagara in Dacca. Its poets. Jaya Narayana Sen— Ananda Mayi Devi. (b) The poets of the school of Bharata Chandra, 111. Poetry of rural Bengal. (a) The Kaviwalas and their songs—Raghu, the Cobbler—Haru Thakur—Rama Vasu and others. The Portugese Kaviwalla Mr. Antony. (b) Religious Songs. (c) Rama Prasdda Sen and poets of his school. 1৮, The Jatras or popular theatres. ও The three great poets with whom the age closed—Dasarathi—Ramanidhi Gupta—Icwara Chandra Gupta. Vi. The folk-literature of Bengal. পপ সী 1. (a) The Court of Raja Krishna Chandra of Nadia,— Vitiated Classical taste and word-painting. A new era was dawning in. our literature. Society after a great movement sinks into callous- ness. A great idea passes away; and in the age