Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c12.s10.16

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c12.s10.16

Emperor Ḥusain Shāh was a great patron of Bengali. Mālādhar Basu was appointed by him to translate the *Bhāgavata Purāṇa* into Bengali.² We also learn that he founded a college as a memorial to the famous saint Quṭbul 'Ālam, as will be found from the following extract:—

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Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit