' s ▁greatest ▁writers ▁and ▁po ets . ▁ ▁Works ▁Sen ' s ▁earliest ▁po ems ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Education ▁Gazette ▁edited ▁by ▁Pe ary ▁Char an ▁S ark er , ▁and ▁his ▁first ▁volume ▁of ▁poetry , ▁Ab ak ash ▁Ran j ani , ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 . ▁A ▁second ▁volume ▁of ▁Ab ak ash ▁Ran j ani ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 7 . ▁Pal ash ir ▁Jud d ha ▁( 1 8 7 5 ), ▁a ▁long ▁ep ic ▁poem ▁l ament ing ▁the ▁bet ray al ▁of ▁S ira j ▁ud - Da ul ah ▁by ▁his ▁follow ers ▁and ▁his ▁defeat ▁at ▁the ▁Battle ▁of ▁Pl asse y , ▁was ▁an ▁ev oc ative ▁expression ▁of ▁Beng ali ▁national ism ▁in ▁literature , ▁and ▁it ▁established ▁his ▁reputation ▁as ▁a ▁powerful ▁Beng ali ▁poet . ▁A ▁contemporary ▁to ▁Michael ▁Mad hus ud an ▁D utt , ▁N ab ich andra ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁for ▁popular izing ▁the ▁ep ic ▁narr ative ▁in ▁the ▁Beng ali ▁language ▁through ▁his ▁re inter pret ations ▁of ▁the ▁Mah ab har ata ▁in ▁a ▁three - volume ▁ep ic : R a iv ata k ▁( 1 8 8 7 ), ▁Kur uk set ra ▁( 1 8 9 3 ) ▁and ▁P rab has ▁( 1 8 9 6 ), ▁where ▁Kr ish na ▁serves ▁as ▁the ▁protagon ist ▁and ▁advent urer ▁during ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁kingdom s . ▁He ▁wrote ▁bi ograph