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Eastern Bengal Ballads Vol. II - Part I

Author: Sen, Dineshchandra; Bahadur, Rai

Keywords: Ballads of Eastern Bengal, Folk songs of East Bengal

Issue Date: 1926

Publisher: Calcutta, University of Calcutta

Description: Ballads - Eastern Bengal
Folk Songs - Eastern Bengal
Political ballads and songs - Bengal

Description: This work of compilation presents an extensive list of ballads belonging to Eastern Bengal. The ballads are believed to cover a period of three hundred years from the 16th century, highlighting the political history of the region. The second volume of this book broadly deals with the ballads of Washer-maiden, Young herdsman, Kanchanmala, ballad of Sati, ballad of Bhelua, ballad of the Santhal insurrection, ballad of Nizam Dacoit, etc. The most prominent feature of these ballads is the presentation of the Bengali women in a variety of aspects. This compilation could be considered a reliable resource to analyze the linguistic peculiarities of these songs, as well as their poetical and ethical value.

Type: Report

Received From: Central Secretariat Library


DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Sen, Dineshchandra; Bahadur, Rai
dc.date.accessioned 2006-11-15T09:18:13Z
2018-05-31T01:11:56Z
dc.date.available 2006-11-15T09:18:13Z
2018-05-31T01:11:56Z
dc.description This work of compilation presents an extensive list of ballads belonging to Eastern Bengal. The ballads are believed to cover a period of three hundred years from the 16th century, highlighting the political history of the region. The second volume of this book broadly deals with the ballads of Washer-maiden, Young herdsman, Kanchanmala, ballad of Sati, ballad of Bhelua, ballad of the Santhal insurrection, ballad of Nizam Dacoit, etc. The most prominent feature of these ballads is the presentation of the Bengali women in a variety of aspects. This compilation could be considered a reliable resource to analyze the linguistic peculiarities of these songs, as well as their poetical and ethical value.
dc.date.issued 1926
dc.description.abstract Ballads - Eastern Bengal
Folk Songs - Eastern Bengal
Political ballads and songs - Bengal
dc.description.sponsorship Delhi Superintendent Government of India
dc.format.extent 27229372 bytes1832 bytes
dc.format.mimetype application/pdfapplication/pdftext/plain
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Calcutta, University of Calcutta
dc.relation.ispartofseries 398.211 EAS
dc.subject Ballads of Eastern Bengal, Folk songs of East Bengal
dc.type Report
dc.date.copyright 1926
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Sen, Dineshchandra; Bahadur, Rai
dc.date.accessioned 2006-11-15T09:18:13Z
2018-05-31T01:11:56Z
dc.date.available 2006-11-15T09:18:13Z
2018-05-31T01:11:56Z
dc.description This work of compilation presents an extensive list of ballads belonging to Eastern Bengal. The ballads are believed to cover a period of three hundred years from the 16th century, highlighting the political history of the region. The second volume of this book broadly deals with the ballads of Washer-maiden, Young herdsman, Kanchanmala, ballad of Sati, ballad of Bhelua, ballad of the Santhal insurrection, ballad of Nizam Dacoit, etc. The most prominent feature of these ballads is the presentation of the Bengali women in a variety of aspects. This compilation could be considered a reliable resource to analyze the linguistic peculiarities of these songs, as well as their poetical and ethical value.
dc.date.issued 1926
dc.description.abstract Ballads - Eastern Bengal
Folk Songs - Eastern Bengal
Political ballads and songs - Bengal
dc.description.sponsorship Delhi Superintendent Government of India
dc.format.extent 27229372 bytes1832 bytes
dc.format.mimetype application/pdfapplication/pdftext/plain
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Calcutta, University of Calcutta
dc.relation.ispartofseries 398.211 EAS
dc.subject Ballads of Eastern Bengal, Folk songs of East Bengal
dc.type Report
dc.date.copyright 1926