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INDIAN HISTORY
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CULTURE (Ancient-Postclassical-E Modern-19th-20th ) VERBAL(Lit-Lng-Script-Myth-Folklore) VISUAL(Pnt-Sclp-Arch ) PERFORMING(Dnc-Mus-Thea-Cin)
LITERATURE (Ancient-Postclassical-E Modern-19th-20th ) GENRES (Poetry - Drama - Essay - Autobiography - Fiction )
CIVILIZATION Ancient (His-Cul-Lit) Postclassical(His-Cul-Lit) Early Modern(His-Cul-Lit) 19th Century(His-Cul-Lit) 20th Century(His-Cul-Lit)
INDIAN LITERATURE
ANCIENT PERIOD Poetry Drama Essay Auto/biography Fiction
POSTCLASSICAL PERIOD Poetry Drama Essay Auto/biography Fiction
EARLY MODERN PERIOD Poetry Drama Essay Auto/biography Fiction
19TH CENTURY Poetry Drama Essay Auto/biography Fiction
20TH CENTURY Poetry Drama Essay Auto/biography Fiction
LITERARY WORKS
Anonymous VEDAS (c. 1500-900 BCE) - UPANISHAD (c. 800 BCE) -THERAVADA BUDDHIST LITERATURE (3rd BCE) - MAYAHANA BUDDHIST LITERATURE (2nd BCE)
Vyasa SHIVA PURANA
TAMIL POETRY SANSKRIT POETRY SANSKRIT PROSE
Anonymous MAHABHARATA
Valmiki RAMAYANA (B.C.E.500)
Kalidasa (C.E.400-499) SAKUNTALÂ(C.E.395) - BIRTH OF KUMARA - DYNASTY OF RAGHU - THE CLOUD MESSENGER
Bharavi KIRATA AND ARJUNA
Magha SLAYING OF SISUPALA
Sattanar (6th - 7th c. CE) MANIMEKALAI
Ilango Adigal (5th or 6th c. CE) CILAPPATIKKARAM (THE TALE OF THE ANKLET)
Bharthari SATAKATRAYA
Buddhaghosa (5th CE) PALI CANON - JATAKA (5th CE)
Anonymous DHARMA SASTRAS (LAW BOOKS)
Asvaghosa (100 - 150 CE) BUDDHACARITA
Sudraka (4th CE) THE LITTLE CLAY CART (SECOND CENTURY B.C.E- SIXTH CENTURY C.E)
Kalidasa (C.E.400-499) SHAKUNTALA (C.E.495)
Anonymous BRHATKATHA - PANCATANTRA - JATAKA
Somadeva KATHASARITSAGARA (Ocean of Stories) (11th Centry CE)
Dandin ADVENTURES OF THE TEN PRINCES
Bana KADAMBARI
Subandhu VASAVADATTA
Devotional Sankskrit (Jayadeva ) GITA GOVINDA Kannada (Basavanna, Mahadevi, Alama Prabhu) Hindi (Kabir, Surdas, Mirabai) Tamil Nammalvar, Antal) SONGS TO VISHNU (Appar, Sundarar, Sambandar) SONGS TO SIVA
Kampan (12th-13th CE) RAMAYANA
Tirutakkatevar CIVAKACINTAMANI (Jain)
Tolamolittevar CULAMANI (Jain)
Anonmyous NIKALECI (Jain)
Nanjunda Kavi RAMANATHA CHARITE
Bana HARSHACARITA (Harsha's biography)
Cekillar PERIYAPURANAM (biographies of Tamil poet-saints)
Anonymous HITOPADESA (Animal Fables - Statecraft) - VETALAPANCAVIMSATI (Vampires)
Jayankontar KALINGALUTTAPARANI (Historical fiction - War)
Janna YASHODHARA CHARITE (Jain Values and beliefs)
Karki Veṅkaṭaramaṇa Śāstrī Sūri VIKRAMARKA CHARITRAMU (Story of Vikramaditya)
Nakhshabi T UTI-NAMA
Jayasi PADMAVAT
Anonymous HAMZANAMA (c. 1000 CE)
Anonymous PABUJI - ANNANMAR (‘Two Brothers’)
Tulsi Das RAMCHARITMANAS (Ramayana)
Anonymous MADURAI VIRAN - BOW SONG (MUTTUPPATTAN, TAMPIMAR) - DESINKU RAJAN - VIRALIVITUTUTU
Indo-Persian
Babur (1483-1530 CE) BABURNAMA (1494-1530 CE)
Abul Fazl (1551-1602 CE) AKBARNAMA
Banarasi (1586-1643 CE) HALF A STORY (ARDHAKATHANAK)
Chattopadhyay, B. C. KRISHNAKANTA'S WILL - SACRED BROTHERHOOD - POISON TREE
Pillai, S. V. PRATHAPA MUDALIAR CHARITHRAM
Menon, O. Chandu INDULEKHA
Aiyar, B. R. Rajam FATAL RUMOR
Kalki THE LAND OF SELFLESS SACRIFICE (TIYAGA BUMI)
Tagore, Rabindranat BROKEN NEST - GRAIN of SAND - FAIR-FACED - HOME and WORLD
Premchand SEVASADAN - GIFT OF COW
B. Bandyopadhyay SONG of the ROAD - UNVANQUISHED
Anand, Mulk Raj UNTOUCHABLE - COOLIE - TWO LEAVES and a BUD - VILLAGE - ACROSS THE BLACK WATERS - SWORD and SICKLE - BIG HEART
Narayan, R. K. (1906-2001) SWAMI and FRIENDS - BACHELOR of ARTS - DARK ROOM - ENGLISH TEACHER - PRINTER of MALGUDI - FINANCIAL EXPERT - WAITING FOR THE MAHATMA - GUIDE (1958) - MAN-EATER OF MALGUDI - VENDOR OF SWEETS -
PAINTER of SIGNS - WORLD OF NAGARAJ
Rao, Raja KANTHAPURA - THE SERPENT and THE ROPE
Ali, Ahmet TWILIGHT IN DELHI
Singh, Khushwant TRAIN to PAKISTAN - DELHI : A NOVEL
Mitra, Narendranath MAHANAGAR / BIG CITY
Markandaya, Kamala NECTAR in a SIEVE - SILENCE of DESIRE - A HANDFUL OF RICE
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer (1927-2013) NATURE of PASSION - HEAT and DUST (1975)
Ananthamurthy, U. R. SAMSKARA
Desai, Anita (1937- ) CRY, The PEACOCK - BYE-BYE BLACKBIRD - FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN - CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY (1980) - IN CUSTODY -
BRAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY - FASTING FEASTING
Mukherjee, Bharati(1940-2017) JASMINE(1989)
Rushdie, Salman(1947- ) MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN(1981)- SATANIC VERSES, THE(1988)
Ghosh, Amitav GLASS PALACE - HUNGRY TIDE - SEA of POPPIES - RIVER of SMOKE - FLOOD of FIRE
Chatterjee, Upamanyu ENGLISH, AUGUST : AN INDIAN STORY - THE LAST BURDEN
Roy, Arundhati (1961- ) GOD of SMALL THINGS (1997)
Chaudhuri, Amit STRANGE and SUBLIME ADDRESS - IMMORTALS
Desai, Kiran HULLABOLU GUAVA ORCHARD - INHERITANCE of LOSS
Adiga, Aravind WHITE TIGER - LAST MAN in the TOWER
Bhagat, Chetan ONE INDIAN GIRL - TWO STATES - HALF GIRL FRIEND
INDIAN CINEMA
Khan, Mehboob (1907-1964) MOTHER INDIA (1957)
Roy, Bimal (1909-1965) DEVDAS (1955)
Ray, Satyajit(1921-1992) SONG OF THE ROAD (PATHER PANCHALI) (1955) - UNVANQUISHED (APARAJITO) (1956) - MUSIC ROOM (JALSAGHAR) (1958) -
WORLD OF APU (APUR SANSAR) (1959) - GODDESS (DEVI)(1960) - MT. KACHENJUNGHA(1962) - EXPEDITION (ABHIJAN) (1962) -
BIG CITY (MAHANAGAR) (1963) - LONELY WIFE (CHARULATA) (1964) - HERO (NAYAK)(1966) -
DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST (ARANYER DIN RATRI) (1970) - ADVERSARY (PRATIDWANDI) (1970) -
COMPANY LIMITED (SEEMABADDHA ) (1971) - DISTANT THUNDER (ASHANI RANKET) (1973) - MIDDLEMAN (JANA ARANYA) (1976) -
CHESS PLAYERS (SHATRANJ KE KHILARI) (1977) - HOME AND THE WORLD (GHARE BAIRE) (1984) - THE STRANGER (AGANTUK) (1992)
K. Asif (1922-1971) MOGUL(MUGHAL-E-AZAM) (1960)
Mukherjee, Hrishikesh (1922-2006) HAPPINESS (ANAND) (1971)
Sen, Mrinal(1923-2018) INTERVIEW (1971)-CALCUTTA 71(1971) - FOOT SOLDIER (PADATIK) (1973)-ROYAL HUNT (MRIGAYYA) (1976)- IN SEARCH OF FAMINE(1980) Kapoor, Raj (1924-1988) MR 420, SHRI 420 (aka SHREE 420) (1955)
Dutt, Guru (1925-1964) MR AND MRS '55 (1955)-THIRSTY(PYAASA) (1957)- PAPER FLOWERS(KAAGAZ KE PHOOL) (1959)
Ghatak, Ritwick (1925-1976) CLOUD CAPPED STAR (MEGHE DHAKA TARA)(1960)-CITIZEN (NAGARIK) (1977)
Samanta, Shakti (1926-2009) A LIFE OF DEVOTION ( ARADHANA) (1969)
Abrar, Alvi (1927-2009) MASTER, WIFE, SERVANT (SAHIB, BIBI AUR GHULAM) (1962)
Chatterji, Basu (1930- ) WHOLE SKY(1969)- MY BELOVED’S HOUSE (PIYA KA GHAR) (1972) -A SMALL MATTER(CHOTI SI BAAT) (1976)
Sathyu, M.S.(1930- ) SCORCHING WINDS (GARM HAVA) (1974)
Benegal, Shyam(1934- ) SEEDLING (ANKUR)(1974)-CHURNING (MANTHAN)(1976)-ROLE (BHUMIKA)(1977)
Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra (1934-) MATCHES (MAACHIS) 1996)
Karnad, Girish(1938- ) FOREST, THE(1973)- ONCE UPON A TIME(1979)
Chaudhri, Amin Q.(1942- ) TIGER WARSAW(1988)
Sen, Aparna(1945-) 36 CHOWRINGHEE LANE (1981)
Sarin, Vic(1945- ) COLD COMFORT(1989)
Kapur, Shekhar (1945-) BANDIT QUEEN (1994)
Sippy, Ramesh (1947-) EMBERS (SHOLAY) (1975) - PRIDE (SHAAN) ( 1980)
Saltzman, Deepa Mehta(1950- ) MARTHA, RUTH, AND EDIE(1988)
Mehta, Ketan(1952- ) SPICES(1986)
Jha, Prakash (1952- ) RESERVATION (AARAKSHAN) (2011)
Ratnam, Mani(1956-) SILENT SYMPHONY (MOUNA RAGA) (1986) - HERO (NAYAKAN) (1987) - THE COMMANDER (THALAPATHI) (1991) - ROSE (ROJA) (1992) - THIEF, THIEF (THIRUDA, THIRUDA) (1993)—BOMBAY(1995) - THE DUO (IRUVAR) (1997) -FROM THE HEART (DIL SE)(1998) -
THE WAVES ARE FLOWING (ALAI PAYUTHEY) (2000) - A PECK ON THE CHEEK (KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAL) (2002) - YOUTH (YUVA) (2004) -
AMIDST THE AIR (KAATRU VELIYIDAI) (2017)
Santoshi, Manila (1956) THE LEGEND OF BHAGAT SINGH (2002)
Nair, Mira(1957- ) SALAAM BOMBAY(1988)-MANSOON WEDDING (2001) - THE NAMESAKE (2006)
Hai, Zafar PERFECT MURDER(1988)
Ghosh, Rituparno (1963-2013) COMPANION (DOSAR)(2006)-BOAT WRECK (NOUKA DUBI) (2011)-TRUTH SEEKER(SATYANWESHI) (2013)
Kumar, Senthil (1964- ) FLAG (KODI)
Ghosh, Sujoy (1966-) STORY (KAHAANI) (2012) - REVENGE (BADLA) (2019)
Bhandarkar, Madhur (1968-) MOONLIGHT BAR (CHANDNI BAR) (2001)
Luthria, Milan (1968-) THE WALL (DEEWAAR) (2004)
Mehta, Hansal (1968- ) SHAHID (2013)-ALIGARH(2015)-SIMRAN(2017)
Kashyap, Anurag (1972) UGLY (2014)
Vetrimaaran (1975) NORTH CHENNAI (VADA CHENNAI) (2018)- DEMON (ASURAN) (2019)
Batra, Ritesh (1979-) LUNCHBOX (2013)
Sayed, Ashtar MOTHER (MAATR) (2017)
Ghaywan, Neeraj (1980) CREMATORIUM (MASAAN) (2015)
Subbaraj, Karthak(1983) PRESIDING GODDESS (2013)
Bahi, Ajay SECTION 375(2019)