'Ramchandrika' was written by:

"Ramchandrika" is a Hindi poem by Keshavdas, written in Braj Bhasha in 1601.

About Ramchandrika:

• It tells the story of Lord Rama in 39 cantos ("prakash").
• Unlike Tulsidas's "Ramcharitmanas", which emphasises devotion (bhakti), Keshavdas's work is known for its scholarship, rhetoric and use of many different metres and figures of speech.
• It uses a wide variety of verse forms; for this reason it is sometimes called a "museum of metres" ("chhandon ka ajayabghar").

About Keshavdas (about 1555-1617):

• He was a Hindi poet who lived in Orchha (now in Madhya Pradesh), in the Bundelkhand region.
• He was the court poet of Raja Indrajit Singh of Orchha, and later was associated with Bir Singh Deo Bundela, the ruler of Orchha who was close to Emperor Jahangir.
• He is regarded as the founder of the "Riti Kal" (the Riti or "mannerist" period) of Hindi literature, which emphasised rules of poetry, rhetoric and the description of love and beauty.
• He was a master of "alamkara" (figures of speech) and "rasa" theory.

His other works include:

• "Rasikpriya" (1591): a treatise on love and rasa; it inspired many Rajput and Pahari miniature paintings.
• "Kavipriya" (1601): a work on the art of poetry, dedicated to the courtesan-poet Rai Praveen of Orchha.
• "Virsingh Dev Charit": in praise of Bir Singh Deo.
• "Jahangir Jas Chandrika".
• Because of its scholarly complexity, he is often called the "poet of difficult poetry" ("kathin kavya ka pret").

Other poets of Hindi literature:

• Tulsidas: "Ramcharitmanas" (in Awadhi), "Vinay Patrika".
• Surdas: "Sursagar" (in Braj Bhasha), on Krishna.
• Bihari: "Bihari Satsai" (Riti Kal; about 700 couplets).
• Bhushan: poems praising Shivaji.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Tulsidas wrote "Ramcharitmanas".
• ✗Surdas wrote "Sursagar".
• ✗Bihari wrote "Bihari Satsai".