A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s7.84

v3.c35.s7.84

The epics were probably most suitable for glorification of the activities of the patrons. Yet there are several chronicles that have been written in prose¹. A modern prose work of this type is the Kṣitīśavaṁśāvalicarita², in which the history of the ancestors of King Kṛṣṇacandra of Navadvīpa in Bengal, his battles with the Muhammadans and the fate of the individual rulers, including also all sorts of court stories, anecdotes and even fabulous stories of miracles have been narrated. This chronicle, apparently written in the middle of the 18th century A.D., reaches upto the year 1728, that is the year of accession to the throne of Kṛṣṇacandra, but breaks so abruptly that it is hardly complete. The work is written in simple prose, that is marked by a number of very long compounds for the purpose of giving it the appearance of literary prose.