[1] Mukundaram Chakrabarti was born to Hriday Mishra and Doiboki the village of Daminya in present-day Bardhaman of West Bengal.
He was forced to leave his ancestral home due to the oppression of the zamindar of the region and received refuge and patronage from Brahmin ruler Bir Bankura Roy, who ruled over Brahmanbhum area of Midnapore and was a devotee of the goddess Chandi[2][3] In Adra, he composed the Chandimangal-kavya, which earned him the title of Kabikankan.
[4] His most celebrated work Chandimangal, is a commentary on the socio-political scene in medieval Bengal.
He describes his own travels and hardships while taking refuge in behind the story of Kallaketu, a poor hunter and Dhanpati, a wealthy merchant and their wives both of whom get trapped in hardships and are subsequently rescued by Abhaya or Chandi, both of whom are folk goddesses.
The Chandimangal provides a rich and detailed account of the complex social structures present in medieval Bengal.