An archaeological survey in the coastal fringes of the Sundarbans has led to the recovery of a 10th-century palm-leaf scroll belonging to the Sahajiya tradition. The text outlines the philosophy of 'Sahaja', or the natural state, arguing that spiritual liberation is found through the harmonization of human senses rather than their suppression.
The scroll is significant for its early defense of 'Aesthetic Monism', where the experience of beauty and love is categorized as a valid path to realizing the absolute. Scholars believe this find proves the existence of a robust, localized wisdom tradition in Eastern India that bridged the gap between late Buddhist thought and early Bhakti movements.