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 800° BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. [Chap. nanda Amin, Hira Mani and other writers. This book was compiled in 1840. 3. Sristi Pattana—a work on Indian music compiled;by Danecga Kaji, Nasir Mahamud and Baksh Ali. This book also gives an account of various modes of Indian music, with a number of songs in illustration of each. 4. Dhyana Mala by Ali Raj. Ali Raj wasa line poet. In this book he gives a detailed ac- count of various modes of music—of 1116 six Ragas and 36 Raginies with directions as to the hour and season suited for singing each, and ac- counts of the deities presiding over them. The songs given in illustration are all composed by Ali Raj. 5. Raga Taler Puthi—a poem on Indian music compiled by Jivan Ali and Rama Tanu Acharyya. 6. Raga Tala by Champa Gazi. 7. Pada Samgraha—This work also deals with music. It is besides a compilation of songs by different poets of whom Lal Veg contributes a large number. 8. Jubia—a short treatise containing only 20 songs. These used formerly to be sung on the occasion of Mahomedan marriages. (c) Stories. We have a pretty large number of stories written by Mahomedan writers, most of them composed in the latter part of the 17th and in the earlier half of the 18th century. In most of them the decadent taste which marks the age of Bharata Chandra 1s prominent, hough the heroes and