10 Facts About Marathi literature

Marathi literature is the body of literature of Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Maharashtra and written in the Devanagari and Modi script.

Several inscriptions dated to the second half of the 11th century feature Marathi literature, which is usually appended to Sanskrit or prakrit in these inscriptions.

Epigraphic evidence suggests that Marathi literature was a standard written language by the 12th century.

The early Marathi literature emerged during the Seuna rule, because of which some scholars have theorized that it was produced with support from the Yadava rulers.

Early Marathi literature was mostly religious and philosophical in nature, and was composed by the saint-poets belonging to Mahanubhava and Warkari sects.

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Marathi literature made available an authentic, edited version of Dnyaneshwari, which had been forgotten after the Islamic invasion of Deccan.

Marathas, the Marathi literature-speaking natives, formed their own kingdom under the leadership of Shivaji Maharaj in the 17th century.

Carey's dictionary had fewer entries and Marathi literature words were in Devanagari script instead of the Modi script prevalent at that time.

Marathi literature translated and simplified many Western Classics and published them in a book of stories titled Gode Goshti.

Marathi literature drama flourished in the 1960s and 1970s, with literary figures like Vasant Kanetkar, Kusumagraj and Vijay Tendulkar.