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The Chandimangalkavya's earliest poet was Manik Datta, who probably hailed from [[Maldaha]] and pre-dated [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]. A copy of his work, dated 1785 has been found. Other poets of the Chandimangalkavya include [[Dwija Madhab]] (or Madhabacharya) and ''Kabikankan'' Mukundaram, both belonging to the 16th century and both influenced by Vaishnava philosophy popularised by Chaitanya. Dwija Madhab's work, dated 1501 [[Saka era]] (1579), gave definite shape to the narrratives of Chandimangal. A number of small lyrics on the pattern of Vaishnava ''pada''s have also been inserted into the text. All the manuscripts of his work are found from [[Noakhali]] and [[Chittagong]] region. Mukundaram is considered by a number of modern scholars as the most celebrated poet of the [[mangalkavya]]s. His work, known as the ''Abhayamangal'' is dated 1466 [[Saka era]] (1544).<ref name=s1/> He excelled in portraying the joys and sorrows of human life especially in his narrative of Kalketu. His characters are full of life even as he imparted to them a sense of universality and humanity.