As per Bhanudatta himself, he was born in the country of
Videha corresponding to the
Mithila region of modern-day North
Bihar in India and belonged to the
Maithil Brahmin community. He also states that his father was a poet named Ganeshvara. Speaking of his background in the
third person, he states: {{quote|
His father was Ganéshvara, brightest jewel in the crown of poetry, his land, Videha country, where waves of the holy river ripple. Other than this, Bhanudatta gives very little information about his life from his works which was typical of Sanskrit poets of the period. Many poets would also travel vast distances to secure royal patronage and many of Bhanudattas works were likely composed under the patronage of a
Muslim rule in
Devagiri in modern-day
Maharashtra whom Bhanudatta refers to as a "King Nijama".
Sheldon Pollock has connected this "Nijama" with
Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I of the
Ahmadnagar Sultanate. The outcome of this was that Bhanudatta's works continued to be deeply studied in the
Deccan region and in other neighbouring sultanates like that of
Golconda. ==Influence==