Explanation:

• Akbar's reign(1556-1605) holds a certain prominence in history; he was the ruler who actually fortified the foundations of the Mughal Empire. • Persian prose and poetry were at climax under Akbar's reign.

• Shaikh Abu al-Fazal ibn Mubarak also known as Abu'l-Fazl, was the vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and author of the Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar's reign in three volumes, (the third volume is known as the Ain-i-Akbari) and a Persian translation of the Bible. He was also one of the Nine Jewels (Navaratnas) of Akbar's royal court and the brother of Faizi, the poet laureate of Emperor Akbar.

• Faizi (brother of Abu’l Fazl) was the leading poet of that age. Faizi also worked for the Akbar's translation department. The translation of the Mahabharata was carried out under his supervision.

• Utbi and Naziri were the two other leading Persian poets during Akbar's reign. They migrated from Iran to India and made the Mughal court one of the cultural centres of the Islamic world. Naziri became the first Persian-born poet to join the court of the great Mughal statesman and literary patron ?Abd-al- Ra?im ?an-e ?anan. Besides, Hindus also contributed to the growth of Persian literature.

• Tulsidas (1532-1623) was one of the most influential Hindi poets of the medieval period who  had written Ramcharitmanas. He used a dialect of Hindi, spoken in the eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh  (around Banaras).

• Eknath and Tukaram (1608-50)developed and made the Marathi language popular. Tukaram was a contemporary of Jahangir (1605-1627). The great Maratha chief Shivaji was an admirer of Tukaram.