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Regional Cultures 11

q Language and literature q Regional languages and literature
q Painting q Music
q Dance q Other arts

Introduction Besides original

The rulers of big or small kingdoms of the medieval works, many
period took interest in art and literature. A books were also
remarkable development of regional culture is seen translated into
Persian, such as
during medieval period. Many languages made
good progress during the Mughal rule. Many the Mahabharata
by Nakib Khan Abul Fazl Muhammad Sahabadi
developments occurred in the field of literature,
and Abul Fazl, the Ramayana by Badauni, Lilavati
painting, music and dance. In this lesson, we shall
make an effort to learn about them. by Faizi, the Rajatarangini by Muhammad
Sahabadi etc.

LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Hindi

Languages and literature made good progress By the time the Mughal rule started in India, it had
during the Mughal rule. Many languages started to developed as a literary language, but it received
take form as we see them today. This could no encouragement from Babur, Humayun and
happen because of the patronage of Mughal rulers Sher Shah Suri, yet a number of books were
to languages and literature, as well as by the written during their time, such as the Padmavata
patronage of the regional rulers. and the Yugavata. Akbar patronised Hindi also,
which contributed to its growth. The most famous
Persian
scholars of Hindi during this time were Tulsidas
Persian was made the court language during the and Surdas. Tulsidas has written about 25 books
Mughal rule. The Mughal rulers, to the exception out of which the Ramacharitmanas stands out.
of Akbar, were well educated and all of them Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana with his Rahim Satsai
patronised languages and literature. A large and Raskhan with his Prem Vatika made
number of books were written in Persian during significant contributions to Hindi. Jahangir and
this period, such as the Tuzuk-i-Baburi by Babur, Shah Jahan too encouraged Hindi. The books
the Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari by Abul Fazl, written during their rule include the Sundar
the Tabkat-i-Akbari by Nizam-ud-din Ahmad, the
Tazkiratul-waqiat by Jauhar, the Tarikh-i-Alfi by
many scholars on Islamic history, Tuzuk-i-
Jahangiri by Jahangir and Mautmid Khan, Tariki-i-
Farishta by Muhammad Qasim Farishta, the
Padshahnama by Abdul Hamid Lahori,
Alamgirnama by Mirza Muhammad Qazim etc. Surdas Tulsidas Abdul Rahim
Khan-i-Khana
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