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Discuss the development of Hindi literature under Mughal patronage. How did the Bhakti and Sufi Movements influence it?

  • UPSC 2025
  • Culture during Mughal Empire

Mughal patronage gave Hindi literature an institutional home at court, but its content, idiom, and emotional register were shaped far more decisively by the Bhakti and Sufi movements that preceded and ran alongside imperial favour.

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  • Mughal Court Patronage of Hindi Literature
  • Bhakti Movement's Shaping of Hindi Literature
  • Sufi Influence: The Premakhyan Tradition
  • Conclusion

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