The emergence of Hindi literature: from transregional Maru-Gurjar to Madhyadeśī narratives

Imre Bangha locates the source of what would later become the literary idioms associated with the Hindi heartland—Brajbhasha, Avadhi, Khari Boli, and so on—in Maru-Gurjar, an idiom originating not in the Gangetic plain but in western India, particularly the lands of modern Gujarat and western Rajast...

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Main Author: Bangha, I
Other Authors: Williams, T
Format: Book section
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2018