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Text Author Significance
Prithviraj Raso Chand Bardai Epic poem on Prithviraj Chauhan (historicity debated)
Tuzuk-i-Baburi (Baburnama) Babur Mughal founder's autobiography, in Chagatai Turkish
Humayunnama Gulbadan Begum Biography of Humayun, by his sister
Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari Abul Fazl Official chronicle and administrative gazetteer of Akbar's reign
Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri Jahangir Autobiography/memoirs
Padshahnama Abdul Hamid Lahori Official chronicle of Shah Jahan's reign
Futuhat-i-Firoz Shahi Firoz Shah Tughlaq Memoirs of the Tughlaq ruler
Rihla Ibn Battuta Travelogue of the Moroccan traveller in Tughlaq-era India
Ramcharitmanas Tulsidas Awadhi retelling of the Ramayana
Sursagar Surdas Devotional poetry on Krishna
Amuktamalyada Krishnadevaraya (Vijayanagara) Telugu literary classic by the ruler himself
Gita Govinda Jayadeva Sanskrit lyrical poem on Radha-Krishna, influenced Kangra painting themes
Satyarth Prakash Swami Dayanand Saraswati Foundational Arya Samaj text (though slightly later, 19th century)

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