Narharidas Barhath | |
Birth Date: | 1591 (VS 1648) |
Birth Place: | Tehla village, Merta, Marwar, present-day Rajasthan, India |
Death Date: | (VS 1733) |
Death Place: | Court of Jodhpur State, India |
Occupation: | Poet |
Notable Works: | Avtar Charitra |
Notable Ideas: | Advocated for banning cow slaughter in the Mughal empire |
Influenced: | Shah Jahan--> |
Father: | Lakhaji Barhath |
Narharidas Barhath was a Rajasthani poet of the medieval era, born in what is now the Indian state Rajasthan.
Barhath was born in 1591 (VS 1648) at Tehla village in Merta pargana of Marwar. His father Lakhaji Barhath, was a renowned poet of the 16th century in India. He was in the court of Jodhpur State king Gaj Singh I. He died there in about 1676 (VS 1733).He wrote Avtar Charitra. He had convinced Shah Jahan for banning cow slaughter in Mughal empire.[1] [2]