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Which thirteenth-century Sanskrit text permitted Bengal Brahmanas to eat fish?

ABrihat Samhita text
BMangalakavya poems
CGita Govinda verses
DBrihaddharma Purana
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Brihaddharma Purana
1. Fish and rice dominate the Bengali diet. 2. The Brihaddharma Purana relaxed the ban. 3. Terracotta plaques show fish being taken to market. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts II, Chapter 9, The Making of Regional Cultures._
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