The 'Gita Govinda', a famous collection of devotional poems on Radha and Krishna, was composed by Jayadeva in the:

The "Gita Govinda" ("Song of Govinda") was composed in Sanskrit by the poet Jayadeva in the 12th century CE.

About the Gita Govinda:

• It describes the love between Krishna (Govinda) and Radha, their separation, longing and reunion, in the setting of Vrindavan.
• It has 12 chapters (sargas), divided into 24 songs (prabandhas or "ashtapadis", as each song has eight couplets).
• It is written in beautiful, musical Sanskrit, and each song is set to a particular raga and tala.
• It is regarded as one of the greatest works of Sanskrit devotional poetry, combining love (shringara) and devotion (bhakti).
• It includes the "Dashavatara Stotra", a hymn on the ten avatars of Vishnu, in which the Buddha is included as an avatar.

Its influence:

• It became a central text of the Vaishnava Bhakti movement, especially in Odisha, Bengal and Manipur.
• It is sung daily in the Jagannath Temple at Puri, where the "Gita Govinda Seva" is part of the temple rituals.
• Its songs are performed in Odissi dance, Manipuri dance and other classical forms.
• It inspired many paintings, especially in the Pahari (Kangra, Basohli) and Rajasthani schools.
• It was translated into English by Sir William Jones (1792) and by Edwin Arnold.

About Jayadeva:

• He is believed to have been born in Kenduli Sasan (near Puri, Odisha), or in Kenduli (Birbhum, West Bengal) according to another tradition.
• According to tradition, he was a court poet of a king of Bengal.
• His wife Padmavati is said to have been a temple dancer.
• The Joydev Kenduli fair (Bengal) is held in his memory every year on Makar Sankranti.

Other devotional poets:

• Vidyapati (14th-15th century) wrote Maithili songs on Radha and Krishna.
• Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (15th-16th century) loved the songs of Jayadeva and Vidyapati.

Why not the other options?

• ✗The 8th, 15th and 17th centuries are not the period of Jayadeva.