Home›South Asian Literature›All South Asian LiteratureBrowse ByAll South Asian LiteratureReference and ClassificationVerifiedLiterature 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.FactsAll South Asian LiteratureSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1500 BCE 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedSanskrit and South Asian 1All South Asian LiteratureFilter Results25 entriesGenreAllAbhanga (1)Autobiography (1)Drama (2)Epic (2)Fable (1)Historical Fiction (1)Lyric Poetry (2)Nonfiction Prose (1)Poetry (7)Sanskrit Drama (1)Short Fiction (5)The Novel (6)Original LanguageAllBengali (3)Bhojpuri (1)English (6)Finnish (1)Gujarati (1)Hindi (6)Iranian Persian (1)Marathi (1)Sanskrit (5)Tamil (1)Urdu (4)NationalityAllBangladesh (1)India (20)Pakistan (3)United Kingdom (2)United States (1)Active EraAll1797 to 1869 (1)1800 to 1874 (1)1861 to 1941 (1)1869 to 1948 (1)1876 to 1938 (1)1880 to 1936 (1)1891 to 1960 (1)1894 to 1950 (1)1899 to 1976 (1)1905 to 2004 (1)1907 to 2003 (1)1911 to 1984 (1)1931 to 2015 (1)MovementAllBengal Renaissance (1)Postcolonial Literature (1)Progressive Writers' Movement (2)Influenced ByAllKabir (1)Mirza Ghalib (1)Omar Khayyam (1)Rabindranath Tagore (1)Rumi (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 25Abdullah HussainSouth Asian LiteratureArundhati RoySouth Asian LiteratureBibhutibhushan BandyopadhyaySouth Asian LiteratureChatursen ShastriSouth Asian LiteratureFaiz Ahmad FaizSouth Asian LiteratureHarivansh Rai BachchanSouth Asian LiteratureKabirSouth Asian LiteratureKalidasaSouth Asian LiteratureKazi Nazrul IslamSouth Asian LiteratureMahatma GandhiSouth Asian LiteratureMir AneesSouth Asian LiteratureMirza GhalibSouth Asian LiteratureMohsin HamidSouth Asian LiteratureMulk Raj AnandSouth Asian LiteratureMunshi PremchandSouth Asian LiteratureRabindranath TagoreSouth Asian LiteratureSalman RushdieSouth Asian LiteratureSarat Chandra ChattopadhyaySouth Asian LiteratureSomadevaSouth Asian LiteratureThiruvalluvarSouth Asian LiteratureTukaramSouth Asian LiteratureUttam GhoshSouth Asian LiteratureValmikiSouth Asian LiteratureVishnu SharmaSouth Asian LiteratureVyasaSouth Asian LiteratureSources1. Sanskrit Literature (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaSanskrit literature, lead section, Rigveda dating sentenceQuote, Sanskrit literature, lead section, Rigveda dating sentenceLiterature in the oldest language begins during the Vedic period with the composition of the Rigveda between about 1500 and 1000 BCEView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.