Home›South Asian Literature›NationalityBrowse ByNationalityNationality groups authors by the country each one came from. Wikipedia describes Jane Austen as "an English writer known primarily for her six novels," a nationality that placed her firmly within the English gentry society she wrote about. This dimension shows which countries produced the authors behind a given tradition.FactsNationalitySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1500 BCE 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedSanskrit and South Asian 1NationalityFilter Results5 entriesGenreAllAbhanga (1)Autobiography (1)Drama (1)Epic (1)Fable (1)Historical Fiction (1)Lyric Poetry (2)Nonfiction Prose (1)Poetry (2)Sanskrit Drama (1)Short Fiction (2)The Novel (4)Original LanguageAllBengali (2)Bhojpuri (1)English (4)Finnish (1)Gujarati (1)Hindi (2)Iranian Persian (1)Marathi (1)Sanskrit (1)Tamil (1)Urdu (2)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 (2)1905 to 2004 (1)1907 to 2003 (1)1911 to 1984 (1)1931 to 2015 (1)MovementAllBengal Renaissance (1)Postcolonial Literature (2)Progressive Writers' Movement (2)Influenced ByAllKabir (1)Mirza Ghalib (1)Omar Khayyam (1)Rabindranath Tagore (2)Rumi (1)Area (sq km)All148,460 (1)242,500 (1)881,913 (1)3,287,263 (1)9,866,632 (1)Government TypeAllConstitutional Monarchy (1)Republic (4)Income GroupAllHigh (2)Lower-Middle (3)Independence or Founding YearAll1776 (1)1801 (1)1947 (2)1971 (1)LandlockedAllNo (5)PopulationAll69,414,000 (1)169,828,911 (1)241,499,431 (1)340,587,000 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5BangladeshNationality1 entryIndiaNationality20 entriesPakistanNationality3 entriesUnited KingdomNationality2 entriesUnited StatesNationality1 entrySources1. 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.