This article attempts to capture in one place the names of books and other works written in ancient India. For the purpose of this list, we consider all books written in India up to and including the
Mughal era
The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the ...
as being 'ancient books'.
Collections
Each collection represents a set of books that are collectively known by the collection's name. In the list of books (shown below the table of collections), each book also refers to the collection it belongs to (if it does).
Books
Key
* Subject Area - subject area of the book
* Topic - topic (within the subject area)
* Collection - belongs to a collection listed in the table above
* Date - date (year range) book was written/composed
* Reign of - king/ruler in whose reign this book was written (occasionally a book could span reigns)
* Reign Age - extent of the reign
* Geographic Region - as it was known at the time of writing
See also
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Indian literature
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The earliest works of Indian literature were ...
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Timeline of Hindu texts
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Sanskrit Buddhist literature
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Sanskrit literature
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Sanskrit revival
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List of Sanskrit universities in India
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Ayurveda () i ...
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List of Sanskrit academic institutes outside India
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List of Sanskrit poets
This is a list of Sanskrit-language poets.
A
* Manmohan Acharya
* Agasthya Kavi
* Amaru
B
* Bharavi
* Bhartṛhari
* Bhāsa
* Bhatta Narayana
* Budhasvamin
* Banabhatta
D
* Daṇḍin
* P. C. Devassia
* Rahas Bihari Dwivedi
G
* Shat ...
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Symbolic usage of Sanskrit
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Sanskrit Wikipedia
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References
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Indian literature-related lists
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