Round 3: 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, Muslims and Hindus in this region (10[1])revere the forest spirit Bonbibi, (10[1])who guards woodcutters and honey-collectors (10[1])from danger. (10[1])A collection of “Bhanusimha” poems chronicling the romance of Krishna and Radha was written by a poet from this region using the artificial language of Brajabuli. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the founder of the reform movement Brahmo Samaj, was from this region, which experienced a 19th-century Renaissance (10[1])in the decades following the Battle of Plassey. For 10 points, (10[1])what region’s music was used to compose various hymns (-5[1])authored by Rabindranath Tagore? (10[2])■END■

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