Sandhyakar Nandi

Sandhyakar Nandi was an ancient poet from the Pala Dynasty. He was born in a Vaidya or Kayastha family of Vrihadvatu village near Pundravardhanapura in Varendra (North Bengal), Bangladesh. He was the grandson of Pinaka Nandi and the son of Prajapati Nandi, the Sandhi-Vigrahika (minister of peace and war) of the Pala emperor Ramapala. He wrote the epic poem Ramacharitam. [1]

A palm-leaf manuscript of the Ramacharitam discovered by Haraprasad Shastri is preserved in the museum of the Asiatic Society, Kolkata"

References

  1. Roy N. (1993). Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba, Dey's Publishing, Calcutta, ISBN 81-7079-270-3, p.583
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