Home›South Asian Literature›Form Mostly Written›PoemBrowse ByPoemFactsPoemSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1500 BCE 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedSanskrit and South Asian 1PoemFilter Results12 entriesGenreAllAbhanga (1)Drama (1)Epic (1)Lyric Poetry (2)Poetry (7)Sanskrit Drama (1)Original LanguageAllBengali (2)Bhojpuri (1)English (1)Hindi (3)Iranian Persian (1)Marathi (1)Sanskrit (3)Tamil (1)Urdu (3)NationalityAllBangladesh (1)India (11)Pakistan (1)Active EraAll1797 to 1869 (1)1800 to 1874 (1)1861 to 1941 (1)1899 to 1976 (1)1907 to 2003 (1)1911 to 1984 (1)MovementAllBengal Renaissance (1)Progressive Writers' Movement (1)Influenced ByAllKabir (1)Mirza Ghalib (1)Omar Khayyam (1)Rabindranath Tagore (1)Rumi (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 12Faiz Ahmad FaizPoemHarivansh Rai BachchanPoemKabirPoemKalidasaPoemKazi Nazrul IslamPoemMir AneesPoemMirza GhalibPoemRabindranath TagorePoemSomadevaPoemThiruvalluvarPoemTukaramPoemValmikiPoemSources1. 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.