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INDIAN CIVILIZATION
HISTORY (Ancient-Postclassical-E Modern-19th-20th) POL(Government-Military) SOC(Class-Gender) ECO(Innovation-Trade) CUL(Rel-Phi-Sci-Art-Lit)
CULTURE (Ancient-Postclassical-E Modern-19th-20th ) VERBAL(Lit-Lng-Script-Myth-Folklore) VISUAL(Pnt-Sculp-Arch) PERFORMING(Dnc-Mus-Thea-Cin)
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 HISTORY
HISTORY POLITICAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY ECONOMIC HISTORY CULTURAL HISTORY
(Government-Military) (Class-Gender) (Innovation-Trade) (Science-Art-Religion-Philosophy-Literature)
ANCIENT Political History Social History Economic History Cultural History
POSTCLASSICAL Political History Social History Economic History Cultural History
EARLY MODERN Political History Social History Economic History Cultural History
19TH CENTURY Political History Social History Economic History Cultural History
20TH CENTURY Political History Social History Economic History Cultural History
INDIAN CULTURE
CULTURE VERBAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS PERFORMING ARTS
(Lit-Lng-Script-Myth-Folklore) (Pnt-Sculp-Arch ) (Dnc-Mus-Thea-Cin)
ANCIENT Verbal Arts Visual Arts Performing Arts
POSTCLASSICAL Verbal Arts Visual Arts Performing Arts
EARLY MODERN Verbal Arts Visual Arts Performing Arts
19TH CENTURY Verbal Arts Visual Arts Performing Arts
20TH CENTURY Verbal Arts Visual Arts Performing Arts
INDIAN LITERATURE
LITERATURE GENRES POETRY DRAMA ESSAY AUTO?BIOGRAPHY FICTION
ANCIENT Poetry Drama Essay Fiction
POSTCLASSICAL Poetry Drama Essay Auto/biography Fiction
EARLY MODERN Poetry Drama Essay Auto/biography Fiction
19TH CENTURY Poetry Drama Essay Auto/biography Fiction
20TH CENTURY Poetry Drama Essay Auto/biography Fiction
LITERARY WORKS
Ancient Period
Religious Hinduism VEDAS (c. 1500-900 BCE) - UPANISHAD (c. 800 BCE) Buddhism THERAVADA (3rd BCE) - MAHAYANA (2nd BCE)
Poetry Epics Vyasa MAHABHARATA Valmiki RAMAYANA (B.C.E.500)
Life Writing Asvaghosa (100 - 150 CE) BUDDHACARITA
Fiction PANCATANTRA
Classical Period
Poetry Sanskrit Kalidasa (5th cc. C.E.) BIRTH OF KUMARA - DYNASTY OF RAGHU-CLOUD MESSENGER Bharthari - SATAKATRAYA Magha - SLAYING OF SHIHUPALA
Epics Bharavi KIRATA AND ARJUNA
Tamil Epics Ilango Atikal CILAPPTIKARAM Sattanar MANIMEKALAI
Drama Bhasa Sudraka LITTLE CLAY CART(2-6th cc. C.E.) Kalidasa (5th cc. C.E.) SAKUNTALÂ (5th cc.C.E. )
Essay DHARMA SASTRAS (LAW BOOKS)
Fiction Dandin - ADVENTURES OF THE TEN PRINCES/DASAKUMARACARITA Bana - KADAMBARI Subandhu - VASAVADATTA Buddhaghosa - JATAKA
Life Writing Bana HARSHACARITA (Harsha's biography)
Postclassical Period
Poetry Epics Kampan RAMAYANA Tirutakkatevar CIVAKACINTAMANI Tolamolittevar CULAMANI Jayankontar KALINGALUTTAPARANI
Devotional Sankskrit Jayadeva GITA GOVINDA Kannada Hindi Tamil SONGS TO VISHNU SONGS TO SIVA
Life Writing Tamil Cekillar PERIYAPURANAM (biographies of Tamil poet-saints)
Fiction Sankskrit SHIVA PURANA Somadeva KATHASARITSAGARA/OCEAN OF STORIES (11th CentUry CE)
HITOPADESA (Animal Fables - Statecraft) - VETALAPANCAVIMSATI (Vampires)
Karki Veṅkaṭaramaṇa Śāstrī Sūri VIKRAMARKA CHARITRAMU (Story of Vikramaditya)
Kannada Janna YASHODHARA CHARITE (Jain Values and beliefs) Nanjunda Kavi RAMANATHA CHARITE
Hindi Tulsi Das RAMCHARITMANAS/LAKE /LAKE OF THE DEEDS OF RAMA (Ramayana)
Oral Epics Tamil PABUJI - ANNANMAR (‘Two Brothers’) - BOW SONG (MUTTUPPATTAN, TAMPIMAR)
Early Modern Period
Poetry Indo-Persian
Life Writing Indo-Persian Babur(1483-1530 CE) - BABURNAMA (1494-1530 CE) Abul Fazl (1551-1602 CE) - AKBARNAMA
Hindi Banarasi (1586-1643 CE) HALF A STORY/ARDHAKATHANAK
Fiction Indo-Persian HAMZANAMA Jayasi - PADMAVAT Nakhshabi - TUTI-NAMA
19th Century
Pillai, S. V. (1826-1889) LIFE OF PRATHAPA MUDALIAR/PRATHAPA MUDALIAR CHARITHRAM (First novel in Tamil)
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (Chattopadhyay, B. C. ) (1838-1894) KRISHNAKANTA'S WILL - SACRED BROTHERHOOD - POISON TREE
Menon, O. Chandu (1847–1899) INDULEKHA (First novel in Malayalam)
Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941) BROKEN NEST - GRAIN of SAND - FAIR-FACED - HOME and WORLD
Aiyar, B. R. Rajam (1872-1898) FATAL RUMOR/KAMALAMPAL CARITTIRAM
Premchand (1880-1936) SEVASADAN - GIFT OF COW
B. Bandyopadhyay (1894-1950) SONG of the ROAD - UNVANQUISHED
20th Century
Anand, Mulk Raj (1905-2004) 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 - DARKROOM - 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
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 - IN CUSTODY -
BRAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY - FASTING FEASTING
Mukherjee, Bharati(1940-2017) JASMINE
Rushdie, Salman(1947- ) MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN - SATANIC VERSES
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
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 GIRLFRIEND
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)