History of Bengali Language and Literature c10.11

c10.11

Such an age came upon the society of Bengal and its influence is stamped on the literature of the 18th century. This was an age when Mahāmedan power had just decayed. Robbers and bandits overran the country; and knavery of all sorts was practised in the courts of the Rājās. The school set up by Aurangeb in politics became the model for his chiefs to follow in their own courts. Conspiracies, plots and counterplots amongst brothers and relations who wanted to elbow down and kill one The political atmosphere.