Home›South Asian Literature›Form Mostly Written›NovelBrowse ByNovelFactsNovelSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1500 BCE 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedSanskrit and South Asian 1NovelFilter Results8 entriesGenreAllNonfiction Prose (1)Short Fiction (5)The Novel (6)Original LanguageAllBengali (1)English (4)Finnish (1)Hindi (2)Urdu (1)NationalityAllIndia (5)Pakistan (2)United Kingdom (2)United States (1)Active EraAll1876 to 1938 (1)1880 to 1936 (1)1894 to 1950 (1)1905 to 2004 (1)1931 to 2015 (1)MovementAllPostcolonial Literature (1)Progressive Writers' Movement (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8Abdullah HussainNovelArundhati RoyNovelBibhutibhushan BandyopadhyayNovelMohsin HamidNovelMulk Raj AnandNovelMunshi PremchandNovelSalman RushdieNovelSarat Chandra ChattopadhyayNovelSources1. 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.