Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c15.44

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c15.44

Magh and Portuguese pirates in Lower Bengal. The practice of dedicating children to the goddess Gaṅgā in the waters of the confluence at Gaṅgāsāgara prevalent in that age in South-West Bengal and the neighbourhood is well known to all students of Indian history. Medieval Bengali literature refers to the belief that a person offering to die in the waters of Gaṅgāsāgara with a solemn desire is sure to get it fulfilled in his next life. Caṇḍīdāsa’s *Śrīkṛṣṇakīrtana* (14th or 15th century) has the passage:

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Śrīkṛṣṇakīrtana — Baḍu Caṇḍīdāsa, Bengali