Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

List I
(Author)
List II
(Poetical work)
A. Brindavan Das 1. Shivasankirttan
B. Krishnadas Kaviraj 2. Chandimangal
C. Mukundaram Chakravarti 3. Chaitanyacharitamrita
D. Rameshwar Bhattacharya 4. Chaitanyamangal

Code :

4, 2, 3, 1
4, 3, 2, 1
1, 3, 2, 4
1, 2, 3, 4
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CDS-1 – 2021
The correct matching is:
A. Brindavan Das – 4. Chaitanyamangal (A biographical work on Chaitanya Mahaprabhu)
B. Krishnadas Kaviraj – 3. Chaitanyacharitamrita (A detailed biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu)
C. Mukundaram Chakravarti – 2. Chandimangal (A narrative poem celebrating the goddess Chandi)
D. Rameshwar Bhattacharya – 1. Shivasankirttan (A poetical work on Lord Shiva)
This matches option B: 4, 3, 2, 1.
– These are important poetical works from the medieval Bengali literature.
– ‘Mangal Kavya’ is a genre of Bengali narrative poetry from the medieval period.
Brindavan Das and Krishnadas Kaviraj are key biographers of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a 15th-century saint and reformer of Gaudiya Vaishnavism. Mukundaram Chakravarti was a major poet of the Mangal Kavya tradition. Rameshwar Bhattacharya is known for his ‘Shivasankirttan’ within the tradition of devotional poetry.
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