List of Court Poets of Famous Kings in the Indian History

By Brajendra|Updated : June 17th, 2022

List of Court Poets of Famous Kings in the Indian History: Today, we would cover an interesting topic of Indian History that comes under the general awareness section. Today's topic is famous court poets of famous kings. Questions are often seen from this topic in SSC and Railway Exams.
In this article, we are providing a list of Court Poets of famous kings in the Indian History. Indian poetry dates back to ancient times and has a rich history. The sheer range of poetry traditions that India had can be quite overwhelming from Vedic Sanskrit poems made over 3,000 years ago to Urdu poetry that flourished especially under the Mughal Empire.

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List of Court Poets in the Indian History

Court Poet	In the Court of	Well-known works
Bana Bhatt or Bana	Harshavardhana	Harsha Charita, Kadambari
Kalidasa	Vikramaditya	Shakuntalam, Meghdoot
Chand Bardai	Prithviraj Chauhan	Prithviraj Raso
Bhavabhuti	King Yashovarman of Kannauj	Mahaviracharita, Malatimadhava, Uttararamacharita
Bhavabhuti	King Yashovarman of Kannauj	Mahaviracharita, Malatimadhava, Uttararamacharita
Sri Ponna	Rashtrakuta King Krishna III	Shantipurana, Bhuvanaika-Ramabhyudaya
Amir Khusro	mainly Allauddin Khilji but associated with 7 rulers of Delhi Sultannate	Tuhfatus-Sighr, Qiranus-Sa'dain
Hema Saraswati	Kamtapur King Durlabh Narayan	Prahalad Charita
Parmanand	Shivaji	Shivbharat
Raghavanka	Hoysala kings	Harishchandra Kayva
Rajashekhara	Gurjara Pratiharas	Balabharata, Karpuramanjari, Balaramayana, Kavyamimamsa
Pandit Gangadhar Mishra	Sambalpur King Baliar Singh	Kosalananda Mahakavya
Vedanayagam Sastriar	King Serfoji II of Tanjore	Bethlehem Kuravanji, Gnanakummi
Allasani Peddana	Sri Krishna Deva Raya	Swaarochisha Manu Sambhavam
Tirumalarya	King Wodeyar	Karna Vrittanta Kathe
Ramprasad Sen	Krishna Chandra of Nadia	Vidyasundar, Shaktigiti.
Nandi Thimmana	Sri Krishna Deva Raya	Parijathapaharanam, Vanivilasam
Ravikirti	Pulakesin II	Aihole incsription
Agha Hasan Amanat	Wajid Ali Shah	Inder Sabha
Jayamkondkar	Kulottunga Chola I	Kalingattu parani
Adikavi Pampa	Chalukya King Arikesari II	Vikramārjuna Vijaya or Pampa Bharata