INDIAN LITERATURE
Periods (Ancient - Postclassical- - E Modern- - 19 Century - 20 Century)Genres (Poetry - Drama - Fiction - Autobiography - - Essay)
Literary Works
Ancient Period
Pre-classical Literature Religious Scriptures Hinduism VEDAS (c. 1500-900 BCE) - UPANISHAD (c. 800 BCE) Buddhism THERAVADA (3rd BCE) - MAHAYANA (2nd BCE)
Classical Period
Poetry
Vyasa MAHABHARATAValmiki RAMAYANA (B.C.E.500) Bharavi KIRATA AND ARJUNA Kalidasa BIRTH OF KUMARA - DYNASTY OF RAGHU-CLOUD MESSENGER Bharthari SATAKATRAYAMagha SLAYING OF SHIHUPALA Ilango Atikal CILAPPTIKARAMSattanar MANIMEKALAI
Drama
BhasaSudraka LITTLE CLAY CART(2-6th cc. C.E.) Kalidasa (5th cc. C.E.) SHAKUNTALÂ (5th cc.C.E. )
Fiction
PANCATANTRA Dandin ADVENTURES OF THE TEN PRINCES/DASAKUMARACARITA Bana KADAMBARISubandhu VASAVADATTABuddhaghosa JATAKA
Essay
DHARMA SASTRAS (LAW BOOKS) Life Writing
Asvaghosa (100 - 150 CE) BUDDHACARITABana HARSHACARITA (Harsha's biography)
Postclassical Period
Poetry
Kampan RAMAYANA Tirutakkatevar CIVAKACINTAMANI Tolamolittevar CULAMANIJayankontar KALINGALUTTAPARANI Devotional Poetry Sankskrit Kannada Hindi Tamil SONGS TO VISHNU - SONGS TO SIVA
Life Writing
Cekillar PERIYAPURANAM (biographies of Tamil poet-saints)
Fiction
SHIVA PURANA - HITOPADESA (Animal Fables - Statecraft) - VETALAPANCAVIMSATI (Vampires)Somadeva KATHASARITSAGARA/OCEAN OF STORIES (11th CentUry CE) Karki Veṅkaṭaramaṇa Śāstrī Sūri VIKRAMARKA CHARITRAMU (Story of Vikramaditya) Janna YASHODHARA CHARITE (Jain Values and beliefs) Nanjunda Kavi RAMANATHAN CHARITE Tulsi Das RAMCHARITMANAS/LAKE /LAKE OF THE DEEDS OF RAMA (Ramayana)
Oral Epics PABUJI ANNANMAR (‘Two Brothers’) BOW SONG (MUTTUPPATTAN, TAMPIMAR)
Early Modern Period
Poetry
Indo-Persian
Life Writing
Babur(1483-1530 CE) BABURNAMA (1494-1530 CE)Abul Fazl (1551-1602 CE) AKBARNAMA Banarasi (1586-1643 CE) HALF A STORY/ARDHAKATHANAK
Fiction Indo-Persian
Jayasi PADMAVATNakhshabi TUTI-NAMA HAMZANAMA
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 TREEMenon, O. Chandu (1847–1899) INDULEKHA (First novel in Malayalam)Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941) BROKEN NEST - GRAIN of SAND - FAIR-FACED - HOME and WORLDAiyar, B. R. Rajam (1872-1898) FATAL RUMOR/KAMALAMPAL CARITTIRAM Premchand (1880-1936) SEVASADAN - GIFT OF COWB. Bandyopadhyay (1894-1950) SONG of the ROAD - UNVANQUISHED
20th Century
Ali, Ahmet (1905-1977) TWILIGHT IN DELHIAnand, Mulk Raj(1905-2004) UNTOUCHABLE-COOLIE-TWO LEAVES and a BUD-VILLAGE-ACROSS THE BLACK WATERS-SWORD and SICKLE-BIG HEARTNarayan, 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 NAGARAJRao, Raja (1908-2006) KANTHAPURA - THE SERPENT and THE ROPESingh, Khushwant (1915-2014) TRAIN to PAKISTAN - DELHI: A NOVEL Mitra, Narendranath (1917- ) MAHANAGAR / BIG CITY Markandaya, Kamala (1924-2004) NECTAR IN A SIEVE(1954)-A SILENCE OF DESIRE(1960)-POSSESSION(1963)-A HANDFUL OF RICE(1966)-COFFER DAMS(1969)-Ananthamurthy, U. R.(1932-2014) SAMSKARA - SILENCE of DESIRE - A HANDFUL OF RICEJhabvala, Ruth Prawer (1927-2013) NATURE of PASSION - HEAT and DUST (1975)Desai, Anita (1937- ) CRY, The PEACOCK-BYE-BYE BLACKBIRD-FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN-CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY-IN CUSTODY - BRAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY-FASTING FEASTINGMukherjee, Bharati(1940-2017) JASMINE Rushdie, Salman(1947- ) MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN -SATANIC VERSES Ghosh, Amitav (1956-) GLASS PALACE - HUNGRY TIDE - SEA of POPPIES - RIVER of SMOKE - FLOOD of FIREChatterjee, Upamanyu (1959-) ENGLISH, AUGUST - AN INDIAN STORY - THE LAST BURDENRoy, Arundhati (1961- ) GOD of SMALL THINGS Chaudhuri, Amit (1962-) STRANGE and SUBLIME ADDRESS - IMMORTALSDesai, Kiran (1971-) HULLABOLU GUAVA ORCHARD - INHERITANCE of LOSSAdiga, Aravind (1974-) WHITE TIGER - LAST MAN in the TOWERBhagat, Chetan (1974-) ONE INDIAN GIRL - TWO STATES - HALF GIRLFRIEND
Periods (Ancient - Postclassical- - E Modern- - 19 Century - 20 Century)Genres (Poetry - Drama - Fiction - Autobiography - - Essay)
Literary Works
Ancient Period
Pre-classical Literature Religious Scriptures Hinduism VEDAS (c. 1500-900 BCE) - UPANISHAD (c. 800 BCE) Buddhism THERAVADA (3rd BCE) - MAHAYANA (2nd BCE)
Classical Period
Poetry
Vyasa MAHABHARATAValmiki RAMAYANA (B.C.E.500) Bharavi KIRATA AND ARJUNA Kalidasa BIRTH OF KUMARA - DYNASTY OF RAGHU-CLOUD MESSENGER Bharthari SATAKATRAYAMagha SLAYING OF SHIHUPALA Ilango Atikal CILAPPTIKARAMSattanar MANIMEKALAI
Drama
BhasaSudraka LITTLE CLAY CART(2-6th cc. C.E.) Kalidasa (5th cc. C.E.) SHAKUNTALÂ (5th cc.C.E. )
Fiction
PANCATANTRA Dandin ADVENTURES OF THE TEN PRINCES/DASAKUMARACARITA Bana KADAMBARISubandhu VASAVADATTABuddhaghosa JATAKA
Essay
DHARMA SASTRAS (LAW BOOKS) Life Writing
Asvaghosa (100 - 150 CE) BUDDHACARITABana HARSHACARITA (Harsha's biography)
Postclassical Period
Poetry
Kampan RAMAYANA Tirutakkatevar CIVAKACINTAMANI Tolamolittevar CULAMANIJayankontar KALINGALUTTAPARANI Devotional Poetry Sankskrit Kannada Hindi Tamil SONGS TO VISHNU - SONGS TO SIVA
Life Writing
Cekillar PERIYAPURANAM (biographies of Tamil poet-saints)
Fiction
SHIVA PURANA - HITOPADESA (Animal Fables - Statecraft) - VETALAPANCAVIMSATI (Vampires)Somadeva KATHASARITSAGARA/OCEAN OF STORIES (11th CentUry CE) Karki Veṅkaṭaramaṇa Śāstrī Sūri VIKRAMARKA CHARITRAMU (Story of Vikramaditya) Janna YASHODHARA CHARITE (Jain Values and beliefs) Nanjunda Kavi RAMANATHAN CHARITE Tulsi Das RAMCHARITMANAS/LAKE /LAKE OF THE DEEDS OF RAMA (Ramayana)
Oral Epics PABUJI ANNANMAR (‘Two Brothers’) BOW SONG (MUTTUPPATTAN, TAMPIMAR)
Early Modern Period
Poetry
Indo-Persian
Life Writing
Babur(1483-1530 CE) BABURNAMA (1494-1530 CE)Abul Fazl (1551-1602 CE) AKBARNAMA Banarasi (1586-1643 CE) HALF A STORY/ARDHAKATHANAK
Fiction Indo-Persian
Jayasi PADMAVATNakhshabi TUTI-NAMA HAMZANAMA
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 TREEMenon, O. Chandu (1847–1899) INDULEKHA (First novel in Malayalam)Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941) BROKEN NEST - GRAIN of SAND - FAIR-FACED - HOME and WORLDAiyar, B. R. Rajam (1872-1898) FATAL RUMOR/KAMALAMPAL CARITTIRAM Premchand (1880-1936) SEVASADAN - GIFT OF COWB. Bandyopadhyay (1894-1950) SONG of the ROAD - UNVANQUISHED
20th Century
Ali, Ahmet (1905-1977) TWILIGHT IN DELHIAnand, Mulk Raj(1905-2004) UNTOUCHABLE-COOLIE-TWO LEAVES and a BUD-VILLAGE-ACROSS THE BLACK WATERS-SWORD and SICKLE-BIG HEARTNarayan, 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 NAGARAJRao, Raja (1908-2006) KANTHAPURA - THE SERPENT and THE ROPESingh, Khushwant (1915-2014) TRAIN to PAKISTAN - DELHI: A NOVEL Mitra, Narendranath (1917- ) MAHANAGAR / BIG CITY Markandaya, Kamala (1924-2004) NECTAR IN A SIEVE(1954)-A SILENCE OF DESIRE(1960)-POSSESSION(1963)-A HANDFUL OF RICE(1966)-COFFER DAMS(1969)-Ananthamurthy, U. R.(1932-2014) SAMSKARA - SILENCE of DESIRE - A HANDFUL OF RICEJhabvala, Ruth Prawer (1927-2013) NATURE of PASSION - HEAT and DUST (1975)Desai, Anita (1937- ) CRY, The PEACOCK-BYE-BYE BLACKBIRD-FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN-CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY-IN CUSTODY - BRAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY-FASTING FEASTINGMukherjee, Bharati(1940-2017) JASMINE Rushdie, Salman(1947- ) MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN -SATANIC VERSES Ghosh, Amitav (1956-) GLASS PALACE - HUNGRY TIDE - SEA of POPPIES - RIVER of SMOKE - FLOOD of FIREChatterjee, Upamanyu (1959-) ENGLISH, AUGUST - AN INDIAN STORY - THE LAST BURDENRoy, Arundhati (1961- ) GOD of SMALL THINGS Chaudhuri, Amit (1962-) STRANGE and SUBLIME ADDRESS - IMMORTALSDesai, Kiran (1971-) HULLABOLU GUAVA ORCHARD - INHERITANCE of LOSSAdiga, Aravind (1974-) WHITE TIGER - LAST MAN in the TOWERBhagat, Chetan (1974-) ONE INDIAN GIRL - TWO STATES - HALF GIRLFRIEND