Nahil

Nahil lies in the countryside of Rohilkhand, in the tract around Powayan. In the eighteenth century it was the home of the poet Chandan Rai, whose works included the celebrated Kesri Prakash. His grandson Makrand Rai also wrote poetry, among it a work called Harya Ras. Their writing belongs to the literary life of the region alongside the Persian histories and Hindi compositions produced in neighbouring Shahjahanpur.