literature in nagpuri language started around 17th century. nagvanshi king raghunath shah and king of ramgarh, dalel singh were poet. some nagpuri peot were hanuman singh, jaigovind mishra, barju ram, ghasi ram mahli, das mahli, mahant ghasi and kanchan. "nagvanshavali" written by beniram mehta is a historical work in nagpuri language. great poet ghasiram mahli had written several works including "nagvanashavali", "durgasaptasati", "barahamasa", "vivha parichhan" etc. there were also great writer like pradumn das and rudra singh. some nagpuri language writers and poet in morden period are praful kumar rai, sahani upendra pal nahan, shiv avtar choudhary, lal ranvijay nath shahdeo, bindheswari prasad keshri, ram dayal munda and girdhari ram ganjhu.