- Sandhyakaranandi wrote Ramcharitra, a historical Kavya about the Pala king Ramapala, using a double meaning (slesha) to also refer to the epic Ramayana. - Bilhana was a Kashmiri poet who wrote Vikramankadevacharita, a biographical epic about the Kalyani Chalukya king Vikramaditya VI. - Hemchandra was a Jain scholar who wrote Kumarpalacharita, a biography of the Chaulukya king Kumarapala of Gujarat. - Chand Bardai was a court poet of Prithviraj Chauhan and is credited with writing Prithvirajaraso, an epic poem about the life of Prithviraj Chauhan.