Round 5: 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])Muslims and Hindus in this region revere the forest spirit Bonbibi, who guards woodcutters and honey-collectors from danger. 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 (10[1])Brahmo Samaj, was from this region, which experienced a 19th-century Renaissance in the decades (10[1])following the Battle of Plassey. For 10 points, what region’s music was used to compose various hymns authored by Rabindranath (10[1])Tagore? (10[2]0[1])■END■

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