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 of Forgotten Histories and Cultural Continuities

By Dr Rituparna Koley 

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

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

By Dr Raktim Mukherjee                                                                                       

• Bopadeva: A Bengali in Marathaland

By Dr Raibatak Sengupta                                                                                       

• 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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