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Shankaradeva was a 15th-16th century Assamese polymath, a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of Assam. Ahankaradeva intriduced the 'Eka Saran Naba Vaishnava Dharma' in Assam and for its propagation, wrote and translated a huge number of songs and couplets, dramas, epic poetry, theoretical essays, 'nat' , 'bhaona' and the like.