Today in this article, we are going to give you information about Language and Literature – Indian History, which is as follows.
Language and Literature – Indian History
22 languages have been included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India. The Aryans who came to India used Sanskrit language.
1500 – 600 BC Vedic literature was composed during the period of After this Panini wrote Ashtadhyai.
Tamil language is considered the mother of all Dravidian language families. Tolkappiyam is considered to be the ancient text of Tamil language. This is a Tamil grammar book. Ananya is called the Adi Kavi of Telugu, who translated parts of Mahabharata into Telugu.
The first Ramayana of Telugu is Ranganatha Ramayana by Gonna Just Ready.
The call of King Krishnadeva Raya in the 16th century was the golden age of Telugu literature.
The origin of Hindi is believed to be around 1000 AD. The name Avahat is given to distinguish Prithvi Hindi from any definite Apabhramsa. The literature of Hindi history is divided into four parts – Aadikal, Bhakti period, Riti period and modern period.
Among the poets of the ancient times, there were poets of Siddha, Jain, Nathpanthi and Veer Ras. Chandravardai's Prithviraj Raso is considered the first book of the movement. Among the poets of Bhakti period, Kabir, Nanak, Surdas, Tulsidas etc. are prominent.
The prominent poets of Ritikal were Chintamani, Bihari Lal, Mandan, Poshan and Padmakar.
In the modern period, the development of Khari Boli poetry resulted in the compilation of poems in Khari Boli in place of Brajbhasha.
The modern period is divided into four phases – Bharatendu Yuga, Dwivedi Yuga, Chhayavadi Yuga and Contemporary Era.
Bhartendu Harishchandra is considered the father of modern Hindi literature. Maithilisharan Gupta is considered the national poet of India. The first literature of Kannada language is considered to be Kaviraja Marga composed by Niptunga (Amoghavarsha). The prominent 10th century Kannada poets Pampa, Porn and Loan are known as Ratanatraya. Narahari is also known as Kannada Valmiki.
Fakir Mohan Senapati had translated the Ramayana story India into Odia language. Kishan Das Sharma translated the meaning of Ramayana into the Konkan language.
Abhinavagupta Tantrasara is believed to have composed the first poem in the Kashmiri language in the 11th century.
The beginning of Punjabi literature dates back to the last phase of the 12th century, its first poet was Baba Farid Shakar Ganj.
In Gujarati, Shalibhadra Suri is considered the oldest on the night of Bharateshwara Bahubali in Raso Granth.
The arrival of French language and literature in India started with Vidhi Navi and Ghori dynasty.
Amir Khusro and Holi are remembered for their Ghazals in Urdu literature.
Religion – Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity and other religions
Michael, Madhusudan Dutt. Manmohan Ghosh, Aurobindo Ghosh have written poems in English language.
Among women, Sarojini Naidu has written poems in English.
The spread of the English language in India started with the arrival of the British. Raja Rammohan Roy is prominent in Indian English language and literature.