JBS Vol.7 No.1 (Early Bengal)

JBS Vol. 7 No.1 2024 (Early Bengal)

 

Journal of Bengali Studies Vol. 7 No.1 2024 is published on the theme of Early Bengal. A collector’s item, it has a total of eight articles on different aspects of the early Bengali people, the archaeology of their religion, the old Bengali language, study about an ancient grammarian etc.

 

Keywords: Archaeology of Prakriti, Tantra, Goddess Worship, Pandu Rajar Dhibi, Chandraketugarh, Gangaridai, Pala History, Uddiyana, Bopadeva, Caryapada, Old Bengali, Tantric Buddhism, Vajrayana, Sahajayana.

 

 

 

Contents

 

• Editorial                                            

• Archaeology of Prakṛti: Excavating the Lost Myth & Theology of the Goddess Religions

        By Dr Tamal Dasgupta         

         DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14019637

 

• Goddess Worship in the Gangaridai Era: An Exploration ofForgotten Histories and Cultural Continuities

        By Dr Rituparna Koley

         DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14025521                                                                                         

 

• The Uniqueness of Uḍḍiyāna-Tantra and Its Significance: ABrief Discussion

        By Dr Raktim Mukherjee

        DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14030785                                                                                      

 

• Bopadeva: A Bengali in Marathaland

        By Dr Raibatak Sengupta 

        DOI:                                                                                     

 

• Buddhism in Bengal in the Pāla Era

        By Prof (Retd) Mankikuntala Halder De                                                             

 

• Caryāgītikoṣa, the Mystic Songs by the Tantric Buddhist Sahajiyā Cult: A Case for Bengaliness

        By Prof (Retd) Kalyanishankar Ghatak                                                               

 

• Quest for the Ethnicity of the Bengali People before Buddha

        By Dr Tapas Bandyopadhyay     

 

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