▁super natural . ▁Early ▁b akh ars ▁were ▁sp ars el ▁written ▁and ▁contained ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁words ▁of ▁Pers ian ▁deriv ation , ▁later ▁works ▁t ended ▁to ▁be ▁vol umin ous ▁and ▁contained ▁ ▁S ansk rit ised ▁pro se . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁dates ▁associated ▁with ▁a ▁b ak har ▁are ▁ 1 4 4 8 ▁or ▁ 1 4 5 5 , ▁by ▁different ▁authors , ▁being ▁considered ▁as ▁the ▁year ▁that ▁the ▁pro se ▁part ▁of ▁" M ah ik av at ichi ▁Bak har ", ▁compr ising ▁the ▁second ▁and ▁third ▁chap ters , ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁K es hav ach ary a . ▁The ▁b ak har , ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁compilation ▁of ▁three ▁authors ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁and ▁ 1 6 th ▁centuries ▁- ▁Bh ag wan , ▁Dat ta ▁and ▁K es hav ach ary a ▁- ▁is ▁significant ▁as ▁the ▁earliest ▁attempt ▁at ▁unit ing ▁the ▁Mar ath i - spe aking ▁popul ace ▁against ▁opp ress ive ▁Bah man i ▁rule . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁around ▁ 2 0 0 ▁known ▁b akh ars , ▁fifty ▁or ▁so ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁notable , ▁while ▁some ▁others ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁published ▁at ▁all . ▁All ▁the ▁b akh ars ▁except ▁for ▁the ▁early ▁works , ▁such ▁as ▁Sab has ad ▁Bak har , ▁ 9 1 ▁Kal mi ▁b ak har ▁and ▁the ▁A j ny ap atra ▁b ak har ▁besides ▁others , ▁are