Braj Bhasha

The “language of Braj”; a dialect of
medieval Hindi primarily spoken in the
Braj region, south of the modern city of
Delhi. Braj is the land associated with
the god Krishna, and the devotion that
flourished there between the fifteenth
and eighteenth centuries made Braj
Bhasha a major literary language. Aside
from being the language of Krishna worshipers, it also functioned as a lingua
franca—a common language used by
diverse peoples—for religious devotees
(bhakta) in a much larger area of northern
India, although it varied at the borders.