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Many writers contributed to the large body of [[Indian literature#Indian literature in archaic Indian languages|early Indian literature]] (here roughly taken to predate the 13th century [[Delhi Sultanate]]), consisting of poetry, drama, and writings on religion, philosophy, linguistics, mathematics and many other topics.

== Literature ==
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| [[Abhinavagupta]] || [[Tantraloka]],
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| [[Adi Shankara]] || [[Vivekachudamani]], [[Aparoksanubhuti]], [[Atma Shatakam]], [[Manisha Panchakam]], [[Adi Shankara bibliography|more..]]
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| [[Agattiyar]] || [[Agattiyam]]
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|[[Amarasimha|Amara Simha]]||[[Amarakosha]]
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| [[Andal]] || [[Tiruppavai]], [[Nachir Tirumozhi]]
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| Akṣapāda Gautama || [[Nyāya Sūtras]]
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| [[Anandavardhana]] || Dhvanyaloka
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| [[Ashtavakra]] || [[Ashtavakra Gita]]
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| [[Aśvaghoṣa]] || [[Buddhacarita]]
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| [[Avvaiyar]] || [[Purananuru]]
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| [[Badarayana]] || [[Brahma Sutras]]
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| [[Bāṇabhaṭṭa]] || [[Harshacharita]], [[Kadambari]]
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| [[Bharata Muni]] || [[Natya Shastra]]
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| [[Bharavi]] || [[Kirātārjunīya]]
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| [[Bhartṛhari]] || [[Sphoṭa#Vākyapadīya|Vākyapadīya]], [[Śatakatraya]]
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| [[Bhavabhuti]] || [[Mahaviracharita]], Malatimadhava, Uttararamacharita
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| [[Bhāsa]] || [[Svapnavasavadatta]], [[Urubhanga]], Pratima-nataka, Abhisheka-natka, Pancharatra, [[Madhyamavyayoga]], Duta-Ghattotkacha, Duta-Vakya, Karna-bhara, Harivamsa (Bala-charita), Pratijna Yaugandharayaanam
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| [[Bilhana]] || Vikramankadevacharita, Caurapâñcâśikâ
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| [[Chanakya]] || [[Arthashastra]], Neetishastra
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| [[Daṇḍin]] || [[Daśakumāracarita]], [[Kavyadarsha]]
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| Dhanayala || Bhavisayatta Kaha
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| [[Gunadhya]] || Bṛhat-Katha
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| [[Hāla]] || [[Gaha Sattasai]]
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| [[Harsha|Harsha Vardhana]] || [[Ratnavali]], [[Nagananda]], [[Priyadarsika]]
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| [[Ilango Adigal]] || [[Silappatikaram]]
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| [[Jaimini]] || [[Purva Mimamsa Sutras]], Jaimini Bharata, Jaimini Sutras
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| [[Jayadeva]] || [[Gita Govinda]]
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| [[Kalhana]] || [[Rajatarangini]]
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| [[Kālidāsa]] || [[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]], [[Meghadūta]], [[Raghuvaṃśa]], [[Kumārasambhava]], [[Vikramōrvaśīyam]], [[Mālavikāgnimitram]], [[Ṛtusaṃhāra]]
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| [[Kambar (poet)|Kambar]] || [[Kambaramayanam]], Erezhupathu, Silaiezhupathu, Kangai Puranam, Sarasvati Anthati
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| [[Kshemendra]] || Brihat-Katha-Manjari, Ramayana-manjari
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| [[Kundakunda]] || [[Samayasāra]], [[Niyamasara]], [[Pancastikayasara]], Pravacanasara, Atthapahuda, Barasanuvekkha
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| Nagakuthanaar || [[Kundalakesi]]
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| [[Kuntaka]] || Vakroktijivita
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| Lagadha || Vedanga Jyotisha
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| [[Magha (poet)|Magha]] || [[Shishupala Vadha]]
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| [[Mahendravarman I]] || [[Mattavilasa Prahasana]], Bhagavadajjuka
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| Mahidasa Aitareya || [[Aitareya Brahmana]]
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| [[Mammata Bhatta]] || Kâvyaprakâsha
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| Matanga Muni || [[Brihaddeshi]]
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| [[Nagarjuna]] || [[Mūlamadhyamakakārikā]], Śūnyatāsaptati, Vigrahavyāvartanī, Vaidalyaprakaraṇa, Vyavahārasiddhi, Yuktiṣāṣṭika, Catuḥstava, Ratnāvalī, Pratītyasamutpādahṝdayakārika, Sūtrasamuccaya, Bodhicittavivaraṇa, Suhṛllekha, Bodhisaṃbhāra
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| [[Nandikeshvara]] || Abhinaya Darpana, Bharatarnava
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| [[Padmagupta]] || Navasahasānkacharitam
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| [[Rajashekhara (Sanskrit poet)|Rajasekhara]] || Viddhasalabhañjika, Balabharata, Karpuramañjari, Bālarāmāyaṇa, Kāvyamīmāṃsā
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| [[Rati Ram Sahib]] || Bhagvad Gita
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| [[Siddhasena Divakara]] || Nyāyāvatāra, Sanmatisūtra
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| [[Sīthalai Sāttanār]] || [[Manimekalai]]
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| [[Somadeva]] || [[Kathasaritsagara]]
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| Sphujidhvaja || [[Yavanajataka]]
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| [[Sriharsha]] || [[Naishadha Charita|Naishadhīya-charitam]]
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| [[Śūdraka]] || [[Mricchakatika]]
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| [[Thiruvalluvar]] || [[Thirukkural]]
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| [[Tirutakkatevar]] || [[Civaka Cintamani]]
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| [[Umaswati]] || [[Tattvartha Sutra]]
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| [[Valmiki]] || [[Ramayana]], [[Yoga Vasistha]]
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|Vallabhacharyajee
|Shree Subodhiniji, Shodash Granth, Anubhashya, Gayatri Bhashya and much more...
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| [[Vātsyāyana]] || Nyāya Sutra Bhāshya, [[Kama Sutra]]
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| [[Vijñāneśvara]] || [[Mitākṣarā]]
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| Vilambi Naganaar || Nanmanikadigai
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| [[Vishakhadatta]] || [[Mudrarakshasa]], Devichandraguptam
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| [[Vishnu Sharma]] || [[Panchatantra]]
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| [[Vyasa]] || [[Mahabharata]]
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| [[Yajnavalkya]] || [[Shatapatha Brahmana]], [[Yoga Yajnavalkya]], [[Yājñavalkya Smṛti]]
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== Grammar ==

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| [[Apastamba]] || Dharmasutra 
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| [[Kātyāyana]] || [[Vārttikakāra|Varttika]]
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| [[Pānini]] || [[Ashtadhyayi]]
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| [[Patañjali]] || [[Mahabhasya]], [[Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali|Yoga Sūtras]]
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| [[Pingala]] || Chandaḥśāstra
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| [[Śākaṭāyana]] || Lakṣaṇa Śāstra
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| [[Shaunaka]] || [[Ṛgveda-Prātiśākhya]], [[Bṛhaddevatā]], Caraṇa-vyūha, six [[Anukramaṇī]]s (indices) to the [[Rigveda]]
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| [[Vararuchi]] || Prākṛt Prakāśa
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| [[Yāska]] || [[Nirukta]]
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== Astrology ==
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| Kalyāṇavarman || [[Sārāvalī]]
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| [[Parashara]] || [[Bṛhat Parāśara Horāśāstra]]
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== Medicine ==
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| [[Charaka]] || [[Charaka Samhita]]
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| [[Kashyap]] || [[Kashyap Samhita]]
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| [[Madhava-kara|Madhav]] || Nidāna
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| [[Sushruta]] || [[Sushruta Samhita]]
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| [[Vagbhata]] || Ashtanga Sangraha, Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita
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== Mathematics ==
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| [[Aryabhata]] || [[Āryabhaṭīya]], Arya-siddhanta
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| [[Baudhayana]] || [[Shulba Sutras]], [[Baudhayana Shrauta Sutra|Shrauta Sutra]], Dharmasūtra
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| [[Bhāskara I]] || Āryabhaṭīyabhāṣya, Mahābhāskarīya, Laghubhāskarīya
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| [[Bhāskara II]] || [[Siddhānta Shiromani]] (four volumes: [[Lilavati|Lilāvati]], [[Bijaganita]], Grahaganita and Golādhyāya)
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| [[Brahmagupta]] || [[Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta]]
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| [[Halayudha]] || Mṛtasañjīvanī
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| [[Mahāvīra (mathematician)]] || Ganit Saar Sangraha
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| [[Parameshvara]] || Bhatadipika, Karmadipika, Paramesvari, Sidhantadipika, Vivarana, Drgganita, Goladipika, Grahanamandana, Grahanavyakhyadipika, Vakyakarana
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| [[Varāhamihira]] || Pancha-Siddhantika, Brihat-Samhita, [[Brihat Jataka]], Daivaigya Vallabha, Laghu Jataka, Yoga Yatra, Vivaha Patal
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| [[Virasena]] || Dhavala
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|Baudhayana Rishi
|Baudhayana Sutras,
Baudhāyana Sulbasūtra,
Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra
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== See also ==
* [[List of historic Indian texts]]
* [[Indian literature]]

== External links ==
* [http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_trial/sanskritworkstemp1.html Sanskrit Works and Authors]
* Mukherjee, Sujit (1999). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=YCJrUfVtZxoC A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850]'' [[Orient Blackswan]].

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>MrOllie at 14:26, 23 February 2021