Shantidas Gosai

Shantidas Gosai or Shantidas Goswami, also known as Shantidas Adhikari, was a Hindu preacher from Sylhet, Bengal.

He composed the Vijay Panchali (also spelt Bijoy Panchali in Bengali), in which he projected the land of Manipur in northeast India as the Manipur of the Mahabharata His work identified Nongda Lairen Pakhangba as "Yavistha".[1][2] He influenced King Garib Niwaz who renamed his kingdom and banned the Meitei script.

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References

  1. ↑ The Oxford Anthology of Writings from North-East India. Volume 2, Poetry and essays. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. 2011. pp. 148–149. ISBN 978-0-19-806749-8.
  2. ↑ Bhagat Oinam; Dhiren A. Sadokpa, eds. (2018). Northeast India: a Reader. Routledge. pp. 315–316 – via archive.org.


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