A History Of Hindi Literature

The purpose of this book is to provide a clear and crisp account of the evolution of Hindi literature. It starts with a chapter on the hindi language and general survey of hindi literature. It begins it contents with the early bardic chronicles (11501400), the Bhakti poets (14001550), the influence of the mugal court on the literature 15501800, the successors of kabir 15501800, the cult of Krishna (15501800) Bardic and other literature (15501880) the modern period 1800. The book ends by offering remarks of the characteristics of hindi literature. The book is a reprint of the 1920 edition. The book has a map that gives the language distribution in Northern India.