Literature of the Indian subcontinent, from the Sanskrit and Tamil classical epics through modern Bengali, Hindi, Urdu and English-language Indian fiction. Belongs here: the Sanskrit epic tradition, the Tamil ethical classics, and the modern Bengali and Hindi novel and poetry, plus a subcontinental author writing in English for an international readership. Does not belong here: a Persian-language author of Iran itself, kept under Middle Eastern and Persian literature instead.
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Era of Emergence Primary Language or TraditionSanskrit and South Asian 1 Browse By
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1. Sanskrit Literature (Wikipedia)
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Literature in the oldest language begins during the Vedic period with the composition of the Rigveda between about 1500 and 1000 BCE
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