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Indian scholar M.L. Varadpande dates him as early as 4th century BCE. According to British scholar Richard Stoneman, Bhasa may have belonged to the late Maurya period at the earliest, and was already known by the 1st century BCE. Stoneman notes that the thirteen plays attributed to Bhasa are generally dated closer to the 1st or 2nd century CE.
A language influenced by Awadhi (as well as other languages) is also spoken as a lingua franca for Indians in Fiji and is referred to as Fijian Hindi. According to Ethnologue, it is a type of Awadhi influenced by Bhojpuri and is also classified as Eastern-Hindi. [17] Caribbean Hindustani spoken by Indians in Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and ...
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Ananda-raghava is a drama on the Ramayana theme. Its author Rajacudamani Diksita was the son of Srinivasa and Kamakshi and was patronised by king Raghunatha of Tanjore. He flourished in the last part of the 16th century. Anandaraghava describes in five acts the story of Rama from his marriage to coronation.
Culture of India. Languages spoken in the Republic of India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians; [5] [6] both families together are sometimes known as Indic languages. [7] [8] [9] [a] Languages spoken by the ...
Pages in category "English-language singers from India" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Braj [a] is a language within the Indo-Aryan language family spoken in the Braj region centered on Mathura. Along with Awadhi, it was one of the two predominant literary languages of North-Central India before being replaced by Hindi in the 19th century. The language was historically used for Vaishnavite poetry dedicated to Krishna, whose life ...
Sikhism and other religions. Religion portal. v. t. e. Surdas ( Sanskrit: सूरदास, romanized : Sūradāsa) was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his works written in praise of the deity Krishna. [2] He was a Vaishnava devotee of Krishna, and he was also a revered poet and singer.
