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IV.] BENGALI LANGUAGE & LITERATURE. — 203 Husen Saha, the Emperor of the Gauda, was a generous-minded noble man. He obtained royal presents in the shape of a golden dress, and horses of the speed of the winds; and he was further endowed with a grant of an extensive estate in Chittagong where the high minded Khan settled. He enjoyed his territories with his sons and grandsons.’ At the command of Paragal Khan Kavindra Paramecvara undertook to translate the Mahabha- rata. This Mahabharata which comes down to the Stri Parva, contains 17,000 Clokas or verses. It was composed during Husen Saha’s reign (1494-1525 A.D.). Close to the sub-division of Feniin the dis- trict of Noakhali lies Paragalpur, founded by Husen Saha’s great general who had conquered Chittagong and had obtained ‘a grant of the neighbouring paragat provinces as a reward for his valour. There is a Khan. tomb in the village, raised in honour of Rasti Khan (father of Parggal) whose name we also find mentioned in this Mahabharata. Paragal Khan’s son was the valourous prince Chhuti Khan. In Paragalpur, tanks dug by the orders of the illustri- ous father and the son still exist and are called after 0১61, পরাগল খার দীঘি 2০৭ ছুটি খার দীঘি respectively. Kavindra Parameg¢vara, as I have said, translated the Mahabharata down to the Stri Parva. Paragal Chhuti Khan had in the meantime died and his son Chhuti বানর Khan succeeded him. He followed in the foot-steps থা of his noble father and appointed a poet named Crikarana Nandi to translate the A¢vamedha Parva. We find the following historical account in the introductory chapter of his book, |