Sena dynasty at its height in Bengal

1167

Ballala Sena ruled Bengal from the capital at Nabadwip during the apex of Sena power, promoting Sanskrit literature and court poetry, codifying elaborate Hindu caste regulations in his scholarly treatise the Danasagara, and patronizing a late but brilliant efflorescence of Indian classical learning. His court attracted grammarians, logicians, and philosophers from across the subcontinent for what would prove to be Sanskrit culture's final flowering in eastern India.