First page from 'Sundar Singar', a 17th-cent. work in nayika-bheda format,written by the Bhasha poet Sundar 'Mahakaviraya',who was patronized by the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan.
Here Sundar is depicted as invoking the blessings of deities Hari & Saraswati. Text in Nagari & Nastaliq.
Mughal Emperor Shahjahan eulogized as a patron of Bhasha poetry by his contemporary poet Sundara 'Kaviraya'. The poet - who was from Gwalior - was first granted the title 'Kaviraya', then 'Maha Kaviraya' by Shahjahan.
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