Packet C: Tossup 8

Building upon his work in The Precepts of Jesus, a reformer from this region founded a Hindu movement that combined Unitarian moral reasoning with the monotheistic worldview that he’d identified within the Upanishads. During the month of Magh, (10[1]-5[1])Muslims and Hindus in this region (10[1])revere the forest spirit Bonbibi, (10[1])who guards woodcutters and honey-collectors (10[2])from danger. (10[1])A collection of (-5[1])“Bhanusimha” poems chronicling the romance of Krishna and Radha was written by a poet from this region (-5[1])using the artificial language of Brajabuli. (10[2]-5[1])Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the founder (10[2])of the reform (10[1])movement (10[1])Brahmo (10[1])Samaj, (10[2])was from this region, (10[1])which experienced a 19th-century Renaissance (10[2])in the decades (10[4])following (10[2])the Battle (10[1])of (10[1])Plassey. (10[10])For 10 (10[4])points, (10[7]-5[1])what region’s (10[2])music (10[2])was (10[1])used to compose various (-5[1])hymns (10[1]-5[1])authored by Rabindranath (10[1])Tagore? (10[2]) (10[15]0[2])■END■

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