Indian History

  Books Authors Abhigyan Shakuntalam (Recognition of Shakuntala) Kalidasa Aihole Prasasti Ravikirti Amarakosha   Amarasimha   Arthashastra Kautilya Ashtadhyayi   Panini Bhattikavya Bhatti Brihat Samhita   Varahamihira Buddhacharita   Asvaghosa   Charaka Samhita ( Compendium of Charaka ) Charaka Devichandraguptam   Vishakhadatta Gita Govinda  ( Song of the Cowherd) Jayadeva Gatha Saptashati Hala Lilavati   Bhaskara II   Hammira Mahakavya   Nayachandra Suri Janakiharana   ( Janaki's abduction) Kumaradasa   Kama Sutra Vatsyayana Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories )

                                                       Baul Minstrel / Image source The Bauls are mystic minstrels or bards who reside mainly in West Bengal, north-eastern India and in Bangladesh. The sect originated in Bengal in the 17th century and its philosophy of humanism attracts people of all religions, sects, caste and creed for its ethos of inclusion. It was popularised by Lalon Shah whose moving songs of religious tolerance have been inspiring poets, writers and thinkers of every period including Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam and American poet Allen Ginsberg. Usually travelling from place to place the Bauls earn their living from singing to the accompaniment of single-stringed ektaras. Shah Abdul Karim , Bhaba Pagla and Purna Das Baul are famous Baul singers.