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             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
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