Paper I · 10 History of Telangana & the Statehood Movement · 10.2 Medieval Telangana: Kakatiyas to Qutb Shahis

10.2.5 Qutb Shahi culture: Telugu and Deccani literature, architecture and the composite culture

Under the Qutb Shahis a Persian court, Telugu poets and Dakhni (early Urdu) writers flourished side by side, Hyderabad was built around the Charminar, Golconda and the royal tombs took their Indo-Persian form, and Hindu and Muslim customs blended into the composite culture still seen in Hyderabad.

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Key terms

  • Addanki Gangadhara
  • Tapati Samvaranopakhyanam
  • Ponnaganti Telaganarya
  • Yayati Charitra
  • accha Telugu
  • Amin Khan
  • Patancheru
  • Kandukuri Rudrakavi
  • Sugriva Vijayam
  • Yakshagana
  • Mariganti Singanacharya
  • Dasaratharaja Nandana Charitra
  • Saranga Tammaya
  • Vaijayanti Vilasamu
  • Kshetrayya
  • Kancherla Gopanna
  • Bhakta Ramadasu
  • Dasarathi Satakam
  • Dakhni
  • Urdu
  • Kulliyat
  • Muhammad Quli
  • Mulla Wajhi
  • Qutb Mushtari
  • Sabras
  • Ghawwasi
  • Ibn Nishati
  • Phulban
  • Mir Momin Astarabadi
  • Golconda fort
  • Fateh Darwaza
  • Bala Hissar
  • Charminar
  • Mecca Masjid
  • Qutb Shahi tombs
  • Toli Masjid
  • Hayat Bakshi mosque
  • Badshahi Ashurkhana
  • Dar-ul-Shifa
  • Purana Pul
  • Hussain Sagar
  • Deccani painting
  • Kuchipudi grant 1678
  • Muharram
  • Bhagmati
  • Bhagyanagar
  • composite culture

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