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{{Short description|Collection of events or continuous history}}
A '''khyat''' is a form of [[bard]]ic historical prose that was prevalent in India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12220|title=Historical Biography in Indian Literature|last=Sen|first=S. P.|date=1979|publisher=Institute of Historical Studies|isbn=|location=Calcutta|pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0bSmDwAAQBAJ|title=The Politics of Marriage in India: Gender and Alliance in Rajasthan|last=Singh|first=Sabita|date=2019-05-27|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-909828-6|language=en}}</ref>  
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'''Khyat''' is a form of [[bard]]ic historical prose that was prevalent in the western Indian states of [[Rajasthan]] and [[Gujarat]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12220|title=Historical Biography in Indian Literature|last=Sen|first=S. P.|date=1979|publisher=Institute of Historical Studies|isbn=|location=Calcutta|pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0bSmDwAAQBAJ|title=The Politics of Marriage in India: Gender and Alliance in Rajasthan|last=Singh|first=Sabita|date=2019-05-27|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-909828-6|language=en}}</ref> It is a collection of events or continuous history.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Paniker |first=K. Ayyappa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC |title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections |date=1997 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-0365-5 |pages=467 |language=en}}</ref> Khyats generally contained histories of a ruling [[dynasty]] or a person. In the former states that now constitute [[Rajasthan]], Khyats were written by the [[Charan|Charans]] under the patronage of rulers who wished to perpetuate their exploits.<ref name=":0" /> These accounts contained histories of battles, sacrifices, valour, and chivalry, values that came to be associated with Rajputs.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Kothiyal |first=Tanuja |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IQS-DAAAQBAJ |title=Nomadic Narratives: A History of Mobility and Identity in the Great Indian Desert |date=2016-03-14 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-316-67389-8 |language=en}}</ref> Khyats are often known by the name of their authors; e.g., ''Bankidas-ri-Khyat'' (Khyat by [[Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya|Kaviraja Bankidas]]).<ref name=":0" /> [[Nainsi ri Khyat|Nainsi-ri-Khyat]] written by [[Muhnot Nainsi|Nainsi]] is considered to be the most prominent of khyats.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC|title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections|last=Paniker|first=K. Ayyappa|date=1997|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0365-5|language=en}}</ref>  


Khyat and ''vat/bat'' were recited in Charan-Rajput gatherings and were meant to convey the magnificence of both the [[Rajput|Rajputs]] and the composers that were the [[Charan|Charans]]. Khyats were primarily [[Oral tradition|oral accounts]] that were textualised by the seventeenth century.<ref name=":1" />
Khyats generally contained histories of a ruling [[dynasty]] or a person. In the former states that now constitute [[Rajasthan]], khyats were written under the patronage of rulers who wished to perpetuate their exploits.<ref name=":0" /> Kyats are often known by the name of their authors; e.g., ''Bankidas-ri-Khyat'' (khyat by Bankidas).<ref name=":0" /> ''Nainsi-ri-Khyat'' written by [[Muhnot Nainsi|Nainsi]] is considered to be the most prominent of khyats.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYLpvaKJIMEC|title=Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections|last=Paniker|first=K. Ayyappa|date=1997|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-0365-5|language=en}}</ref>
 
== List of Khyats ==
 
* [[Nainsi ri Khyat|Nainsi-ri-Khyat]]


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