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'''Kaviraj''' (or '''Rajkavi''', '''Kaviraja''') is a title of honor, which was given to [[poet]]s and litterateurs attached to royal courts in medieval India.<ref>{{cite report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kF5BAQAAIAAJ&q=kaviraj+gujarati|title=Report on the antiquities in the Bidar and Aurangabad districts:in the territories of His Highness the Nizam of Haidarabad, being the result of the third season's operations of the Archæological survey of Western India, 1875-76}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5aEIAAAAQAAJ&q=kaviraj+gujarati|title=SELECTIONS FRM THE RECORDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 1884}}{{Clarify|date=June 2016}}</ref> Eminent [[Charan]]s who were inducted into the [[royal courts]] due to their literary merit as royal [[poet]]s and [[historian]]s were given the rank of Kaviraja ([[King]] of [[Poet]]s). Such Charans assumed positions of great influence in the medieval [[polity]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rao |first1=Velcheru Narayana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X0RuAAAAMAAJ |title=Textures of Time: Writing History in South India 1600-1800 |last2=Nārāyaṇarāvu |first2=Vēlcēru |last3=Shulman |first3=David Dean |last4=Subrahmanyam |first4=Sanjay |date=2003 |publisher=Other Press |isbn=978-1-59051-044-5 |language=en |quote="Charans came to be instructed not only in oral recitation and memorisation but also in such subjects as religion and astrology, at times being accepted into royal courts with the titles of Kaviraja or Barhat (‘Guardian of the Gate’)."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ziegler |first=Norman P. |date=1976 |title=The Seventeenth Century Chronicles of Mārvāṛa: A Study in the Evolution and Use of Oral Traditions in Western India |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3171564 |journal=History in Africa |volume=3 |pages=127–153 |doi=10.2307/3171564 |jstor=3171564 |s2cid=156943079 |issn=0361-5413 |quote="A few of the most prestigious Caranas were also accepted in the royal darbars ("courts"), attaining the rank of Kaviraja or "court-laureate" and assuming positions of great influence because of the power of their words."|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ziegler |first=Norman P. |date=April 1976 |title=Marvari Historical Chronicles: Sources for the Social and Cultural History of Rajasthan |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/001946467601300204 |journal=The Indian Economic & Social History Review |language=en |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=219–250 |doi=10.1177/001946467601300204 |s2cid=144835701 |issn=0019-4646|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Few well known people are [[Kaviraj Shyamaldas|Kaviraja Shyamaldas]], [[Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya|Kaviraja Bankidas]], etc.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hooja |first=Rima |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ |title=A History of Rajasthan |date=2006 |publisher=Rupa & Company |isbn=978-81-291-0890-6 |language=en |quote="Kaviraj Shyamaldas, later author of the well-known history of Mewar called the Vir Vinod, was appointed to look after this library. It was during Maharana Sajjan Singh's reign that Shyamaldas wrote the major part of his now-renowned history of Mewar. The title of 'Kaviraj', or 'King of Poets', was bestowed on Shyamaldas for his skills."}}</ref> The descendants of such persons also started using the [[surname]] Kaviraj. <br />
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The surname is usually found in people of [[Gujarat]], [[Rajasthan]], etc. One of the community where this surname is often found is [[Charan]], who were the state poets and historians in the Rajput kingdoms of these regions.<br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
* [[Kaviraja Bankidas Ashiya]]<br />
* [[Krishnadasa Kaviraja]]<br />
* [[Kaviraj Shyamaldas]]<br />
* [[Kaviraja Muraridan]]<br />
* [[Kaviraj Rookny]]<br />
* [[Kaviraj Sukon]]<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Barhath]]<br />
* [[Gadhavi (title)|Gadhavi]]<br />
* [[Rashtrakavi (disambiguation)]]<br />
* [[Yug Charan]]<br />
* [[Poet laureate|Poet Laurette]]<br />
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*[[Kabiraj]]<br />
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