Francois Bernier

Essays

The Exquisite Gauda Desha of Dhundiraja

The Exquisite Gauda Desha of Dhundiraja

A detailed picture of the Bengal that the 17th Century Sanskrit Scholar Dhundiraja saw and described in his Sanskrit work, Girvanapadamanjari

Bengal has a Hundred Gates for Entrance and not One for Departure

Bengal has a Hundred Gates for Entrance and not One for Departure

The second part of our essay series tracing the history of the unrivalled prosperity of Bengal narrates the account of Francois Bernier