Q. Who authored the earliest Indo-Aryan Assamese Ramayana, the Saptakanda Ramayana?
Answer:
Madhava Kandali
Notes: The Saptakanda Ramayana was composed by Madhava Kandali in the 14th-15th century. It is the earliest Indo-Aryan translation of the Ramayana into Assamese from Sanskrit. The work uses varied poetic metres and influenced subsequent Assamese literature, including that of Srimanta Sankardeva.