Book/ Play / Poem | Author | Important Information |
Harsha Charita, Kadambari | Banabhatta | Banabhatta was a poet in the court of King Harsha Vardhana |
Panchatantra | Vishnu Sharma | Written during Gupta period |
Buddhacharita | Aśvaghoṣa | About life of Gautama Buddha |
Arthshastra | Kautilya (Chanakya or Vishnu Gupta) | He was Teacher and guardian of Emperor Chandragupta Maurya |
Padmavat | Malik Muhammad Jayasi | It is a fictionalized version of the historic siege of Chittor by Alauddin Khilji in 1303 AD, who attacks Chittor after hearing of the beauty of Queen Rani Padmini, the wife of King Rawal Ratan Singh |
Kamasutra | Vatsyayana | Written in Gupta period |
Astadhyayi | Panini | Compilation of 3959 Rules of Sanskrit grammar |
Nagananda | Harshavardhan | Story of how prince Jimutavahana gives up his own body to stop a sacrifice of serpents to the divine Garuda. |
Gita Govinda | Jayadeva | It describes the relationship between Krishna and the gopis (female cow herders) of Vrindavana, and in particular one gopi named Radha. |
Nāṭya Śāstra | Sage Bharata | text on the performing arts |
Mṛcchakaṭika (The Little Clay Cart) | Śūdraka | During the reign of the King Pālaka, near the end of the Pradyota dynasty |
Silappatikaram | Ilango Adigal( pseudonym) | – |
Ratnavali | Harshavardhan | One of the first textual references to the celebration of Holi, the festival of Colours have been found in this text |
Amuktamalyada
| Krishnadevaraya | He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty. Portuguese travellers Domingo Paes and Fernao Nuniz also visited the Vijayanagara Empire during his reign. |
Tuzuk-e-Jahangiri or Jahangirnama | Jahangir | Autobiography |
Baburnama | Babur | Autobiography |
Akbarnama | Abul Fazl | Biography of Akbar |
Prithviraj Raso | Chand Bardai | Biography of Prithviraj Chauhan |
Humayun Nama | Gulbadan Begum | She was the daughter of Emperor Babur who wrote Biography of Humayun |
Shahnameh | Firdausi | It is the world’s longest epic poetry written by a single poet |
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