HIMALAYA TO KANYA CULTURE AND HERITAGE 4

Literature

One of the great scholars from past Kalidasa was born in North India. Classic Sanskrit plays such as Abhijñānaśākuntalam, Mālavikāgnimitram and Vikramōrvaśīyam and poetries like Raghuvaṃśa, Ṛtusaṃhāra, Kumārasambhava and Meghadūta are some of his gifts to Indian Literature. These pieces of literature are considered as masterpieces from such legend.
Tulsidas, Surdas, Amir Khusro and Chand Bardai are the names of other great literary scholars from Medieval North India. Ramcharitmanas, Prithiviraj Raso, Sur Sagar and Khamsa-e-Nizami are some of the great literary contributions of these legends. During 19th century, the writings of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Bhartendu Harishchandra, Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi, Munshi Premchand, Maithili Sharan Gupt, Gopala Sharan Sinha and R N Tripathi were much admired. Godaan and Gaban are the famous literary work of Premchand which have been translated into various languages.
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