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Rajasthani literature is a tradition in Indian literature dating to the 2nd millennium, which includes literature written in the Rajasthani language. An early form of Rajasthani started developing in the 11th century from Saurseni Prakrit as Maru-Gurjar or Gurjar Apabhramsa. Early Rajasthani literature was usually written by Charans.
Pratap Singh I (9 May 1540 – 19 January 1597), popularly known as Maharana Pratap (IPA: [məɦaːˈɾaːɳaː pɾəˈtaːp] ⓘ), was king of the Kingdom of Mewar, in north-western India in the present-day state of Rajasthan, from 1572 until his death in 1597.
Kaviraja Bankidas was moved by the poverty and misery of the people of Thali (a tract in North-West Rajasthan) and contrasted it to the cool comforts enjoyed by the ruling elite living in the Puras. He also took note of the prosperity of Jat peasant proprietors and the unfair trade practices of the vaniks (traders).
Dursa Arha (c. 1535–1655 AD) was a 16th-century warrior and Rajasthani poet from India. [1] He earned the epithet of the 'First Nationalist Poet Of India' or Rashtrakavi because of his nationalist stance in his bold Dingal poems commending Maharana Pratap of Mewar in his struggle against the Mughal Empire. [2]
Chand Bardai was born in Lahore. [4] [page needed] [1] [5] Not much is known about his personal life apart from the various details that are entailed in Prithviraj Raso.His work is the earliest surviving text in a Western Hindi lect. [1] He wrote in Dingle, which was an old Rajasthani language.
Maru Ragini (Dhola and Maru riding on a Camel), ca.1750. In the Chhattisgarh version, Dhola is the son of king Nal and mother Damyanti. In his past life Dhola was a handsome young man who was catching fish in the village pond through angle called 'gari' in Chhattisgarhi.
Khyat (IAST: Khyāta) is a form of bardic historical prose that was prevalent in the western Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujarat. [1] [2] It is a collection of events or continuous history. [3] Khyats generally contained histories of a ruling dynasty or a person.
Keki Nasserwanji Daruwalla (24 January 1937 – 26 September 2024) was an Indian poet and short story writer in English. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was also an Indian Police Service officer. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award , in 1984 for his poetry collection, The Keeper of the Dead , by the Sahitya Akademi , India's National Academy of Letters. [ 3 ]