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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 (1150-1400), the Bhakti poets (1400-1550), the influence of the mugal court on the literature 1550-1800, the successors of kabir 1550-1800, the cult of Krishna (1550-1800) Bardic and other literature (1550-1880) 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.