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.
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