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Original language groups authors by the language they actually wrote in. Wikipedia identifies Jane Austen as "an English writer," and her six novels were all composed in English rather than translated into it. This dimension lets a visitor find every author who wrote in the same original language.

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Era of Emergence
1500 BCE 1
Primary Language or Tradition
Sanskrit and South Asian 1
Tamil
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1. Sanskrit Literature (Wikipedia)
WikipediaSanskrit literature, lead section, Rigveda dating sentence
Quote, Sanskrit literature, lead section, Rigveda dating sentence
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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