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INDIAN HISTORY
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LITERATURE (Ancient-Postclassical-E Modern-19th-20th) GENRES (Poetry - Drama - Fiction - Autobiography -Essay )
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 Scriptures Anonymous VEDAS - UPANISHADS
CLASSICAL PERIOD
Poetry Scriptures Anonymous THERAVADA BUDDHIST LITERATURE - MAYAHANA BUDDHIST LITERATURE
Myth Vyasa SHIVA PURANA
TAMIL POETRY
SANSKRIT POETRY
Epic Anonymous MAHABHARATA
Kalidasa BIRTH OF KUMARA - DYNASTY OF RAGHU
Bharavi KIRATA AND ARJUNA
Magha SLAYING OF SISUPALA
Sattanar MANIMEKALAI
Ilango Adigal CILAPPATIKKARAM (THE TALE OF THE ANKLET)
Lyric Kalidasa THE CLOUD MESSENGER
Bharthari SATAKATRAYA
Essay Buddhaghosa PALI CANON
Anonymous DHARMA SASTRAS (LAW BOOKS)
Auto/biography Asvaghosa BUDDHACARITA
Drama Sudraka THE LITTLE CLAY CART
Kalidasa SHAKUNTALA
Fiction Anonymous BRHATKATHA - PANCATANTRA - JATAKA
Somadeva KATHASARITSAGARA (Ocean of Stories)
SANSKRIT PROSE
Dandin ADVENTURES OF THE TEN PRINCES
Bana KADAMBARI
Subandhu VASAVADATTA
POSTCLASSICAL PERIOD
Poetry 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
Epic Kampan RAMAYANA
Tirutakkatevar CIVAKACINTAMANI (Jain)
Tolamolittevar CULAMANI (Jain)
Anonmyous NIKALECI (Jain)
Nanjunda Kavi RAMANATHA CHARITE
Essay
Auto/biography Bana HARSHACARITA (Harsha's biography)
Cekillar PERIYAPURANAM (biographies of Tamil poet-saints)
Drama
Fiction 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)
Indo-Persian Nakhshabi T UTI-NAMA
Jayasi PADMAVAT
Anonymous HAMZANAMA
EARLY MODERN PERIOD
Poetry Epic Anonymous PABUJI - ANNANMAR (‘Two Brothers’)
Tulsi Das RAMCHARITMANAS (Ramayana)
Ballad Anonymous MADURAI VIRAN - BOW SONG (MUTTUPPATTAN, TAMPIMAR) - DESINKU RAJAN - VIRALIVITUTUTU
Indo-Persian
Essay
Auto/biography Babur BABURNAMA
Abul Fazl AKBARNAMA
Banarasi HALF A STORY (ARDHAKATHANAK)
Drama
Fiction
19TH CENTURY
Poetry
Drama
Autobiography
Essay
Fiction 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
20TH CENTURY
Poetry
Drama
Autobiography
Essay
Fiction
Early 20TH 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. SWAMI and FRIENDS - BACHELOR of ARTS - DARK ROOM - ENGLISH TEACHER - PRINTER of MALGUDI
FINANCIAL EXPERT - WAITING FOR THE MAHATMA - GUIDE - MAN-EATER OF MALGUDI
VENDOR OF SWEETS - PAINTER of SIGNS - WORLD OF NAGARAJ
Late 20TH 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 NATURE of PASSION - HEAT and DUST
Ananthamurthy, U. R. SAMSKARA
Desai, Anita CRY, The PEACOCK - BYE-BYE BLACKBIRD - FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN - CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY IN CUSTODY - BRAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY - FASTING FEASTING
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 GOD of SMALL THINGS
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)
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)- 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, Sujoy (1966-) STORY (KAHAANI) (2012) - REVENGE (BADLA) (2019)
Bhandarkar, Madhur (1968-) MOONLIGHT BAR (CHANDNI BAR) (2001)
Luthria, Milan (1968-) THE WALL (DEEWAAR) (2004)
Batra, Ritesh (1979-) LUNCHBOX (2013)
Sayed, Ashtar MOTHER (MAATR) (2017)
Ghaywan, Neeraj (1980) CREMATORIUM (MASAAN) (2015)