PSEB 7th Class Social Science Notes Chapter 16 The Development of Regional Cultures

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Language and Literature (Sultanate period):

During this period, language and literature were greatly developed.
A new language Urdu developed by a mixture of Hindi and Persian.
Many Muslim scholars studied ancient Hindu scriptures.
In this period, many important books were written in the Hindi language.
Chand Bardai wrote ‘Prithvi Raj Raso’, Malik Mohammed Jaisi wrote ‘Padmawat’, Jaidev wrote ‘Geet Govind’ and Kalhan wrote ‘Raj Tarangini’.

Mughal Period Literature: Tuzuk-i-Babri’, ‘Humayun Nama’, ‘Akbar Nama’, ‘Ain-i-Akbari’, ‘Badshah Nama’, etc.

Punjabi Literature:

During the medieval period, the holy writings of Guru Sahebs and other Punjabi poets enriched the Punjabi culture.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Dasham Granth, the writings of Bhai Gurdas Ji came in this period.

Art of Painting:

There was the development of the art of painting as well.
Abdus Samad, Mir Sayyad Ali, Sanwaldas, Jagannath, Tarachand, etc. showed their skill with paintbrushes.
All these painters were during the times of Akbar. Akbar respected them.
Similarly, Jahangir also respected painters in his court.
Mohammad Murad, Ustad Mansur, Agha Raza, Mohammad Nadir were his famous painters.

Art of Music:

The Mughal period did not lack in the art of music.
Babar was a good poet.
He created poetry and songs.
During the times of Akbar,’ ‘Sangeet Samrat Tansen’ and ‘Baiju Bawara’ gave a new standard to the art of music.
Aurangzeb was very much against music.
During his period this art declined.