Maitreya, Akshaya Kumar : (1861-1930), a lawyer of Rajshahi (Bengal), authored books on Indian history in Bengali. He came into the limelight with the publication of his books Sirāj-ud-daulah (1898) & Mir Kāsim (1906). He based himself on documents, & regularly contributed his articles to various journals.
... contained fullness opening an amplitude of infinite suggestion, is not rare or exceptional, it is a frequent greatness in the art of India. The second article on Garuda in Bengal and Java by Akshaya Kumar Maitreya, besides its interesting and discerning treatment of its subject, the inception and humanising of the Garuda figure and the artistic use of the mythus, touches an issue which has not yet, I ...
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