Odia literature is literature written in the Odia language, mostly from the Indian state of Odisha. The modern Odia language is mostly formed from Tadbhava words with significant Sanskrit (Tatsama) influences, along with loanwoards from Desaja, English, Hindustani (Hindi/Urdu), Persian, and Arabic. Its earliest written texts date from around 1000 CE. The earliest Odia newspaper was Utkala Deepika, first published on August 4, 1866.
Historians have divided Odia literature into five main stages: Old Odia (800 AD to 1300 AD), Early Medieval Odia (1300 AD to 1500 AD), Medieval Odia (1500 AD to 1700 AD), Late Medieval Odia (1700 AD to 1850 AD) and Modern Odia (1870 AD to present). Further subdivisions, as seen below, more precisely chart the language’s development.
Magazine Info
| Magazine name | Odia Bhasara Itihasa / ଓଡିଆ ଭାଷାର ଇତିହାସ |
| Editor | Binayaka Misra |
| No Of pages | 196 |
| Publisher | Binayaka Misra |
| Publication | 1927 |
| Printed At | NA |
| Distributor | NA |