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# Literary Works & Authors
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- Published: 2023-02-20T11:05:54.000Z
- Updated: 2023-02-20T11:11:14.000Z
- Description: All works and authors at the same place.
- Author: Abhijeet Y
- Tags: UPSC Prelims, UPSC Mains

This is a comprehensive list of ancient and medieval literature and the authors of those pieces. Useful for UPSC Prelims prep and can also be used for supporting your arguments in Art & Culture questions in Mains.

| WORK                     | AUTHOR                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Gulamgiri                | Jyotiba Phule.                                                                                                                  |
| Kavya phule              | Savitribai Phule.                                                                                                               |
| Sarvajanik Satyadharma   | Jyotiba Phule.                                                                                                                  |
| Lokvibahaga              | Jain cosmological text. Contains oldest known mention of zero and the decimal system.                                           |
| Sultana's Dream          | Begum Rokeya. A feminist utopian novel. 1910s                                                                                   |
| Kathasaritasagara        | Somadeva. Shaivaite who collected Indian legends.                                                                               |
| Swapnavasavadatta        | Vasavadatta. Sanskrit play in 6 parts.                                                                                          |
| Brahmaguptsidhantika     | Brahmagupta. Introduced negative numbers and operations on zero.                                                                |
| Rajatarangini            | Kalhana. History of Kings of Kashmir. 12th century.                                                                             |
| Harshacharita            | Banabhatta                                                                                                                      |
| Kadambari                | Banabhatta. Sanskrit prose.                                                                                                     |
| Ratnavali                | Harshavardhana. About a princess named Ratnavali. Contains the first textual reference to Holi.                                 |
| Priyadarsika             | Harshavardhana.                                                                                                                 |
| Nagananda                | Harshavardhana. Jimutavahana's self sacrifice to save the nagas.                                                                |
| Amuktamulyada            | Krishnadeva Raya. Epic Poem in Telugu. Extolling the ideal king. About the marriage of said king with Andal (the alvar poetess) |
| Jambavati Kalyana        | Krishnadeva Raya. Writtening in sanzkrit.                                                                                       |
| Mudrarakshasa            | Vishakhadatta. Rise of CGM.                                                                                                     |
| Buddhacharita            | Asvaghosa. 4th Buddhist Council.                                                                                                |
| Kamasutra                | Vatsyayana                                                                                                                      |
| Charakasamhita           | Botany and Chemistry. Charaka was at the court of Kanishka.                                                                     |
| Sushrutasamhita          | Sushruta. Surgery                                                                                                               |
| Ashtangsamagraha         | Vagbhata. Summary of 8 branches of medicine. Last of the medical trio.                                                          |
| Tolkappiyam              | Tolkappiyar. Grammar and poetics                                                                                                |
| Tirukkural               | Thiruvalluvar. Philosophy and maxims.                                                                                           |
| Divya Prabandham         | Collection of Alvar hymns a.k.a. Tamil Veda.                                                                                    |
| Tirumurai                | Collection of Nayanar hymns.                                                                                                    |
| Silappadikaram           | Illango Adigal. Story of Kannagi and Kovalan #1 of Panchkavyams. First mention of puppetry.                                     |
| Manimegalai              | Sittalai Sattanar. Story of the daughter of Kovalan and Madhavi #2                                                              |
| Sivaka Chintamani/Mannul | Jain religious epic in Tamil #3                                                                                                 |
| Valayapathi              | Jain religious epic in Tamil #4                                                                                                 |
| Kundalakesi              | Buddhist religious epic in Tamil #5                                                                                             |
| Brihatsamhita            | Varamihira. 500CE Astronomical text.                                                                                            |
| Ashtadhyayi              | Panini. Sanskrit grammar.                                                                                                       |
| Varrtika                 | Katyayana. Explained Panini's work.                                                                                             |
| Yogasutra                | Patanjali. Yoga school of philosophy.                                                                                           |
| Mahabhasya               | Patanjali. Sanskrit grammar, based on Katyayana and Panini's works.                                                             |
| Mricchakatika            | Sudraka. Story of Charudatta and Vasantasena.                                                                                   |
| Barnaparichay            | Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Bengali grammar.                                                                                     |
| Milindapanho             | Buddhist literature. Conversations of Nagasena and Bactrian King Milinda.                                                       |
| Kavirajamarga            | Amoghavarsha. Kannada. Rashtrakuta Emperor. 7th century CE. Ashoka of the South.                                                |
| Prashnottara Ratnamalika | Amoghavarsha. Sanskrit.                                                                                                         |
| Kitab-e-Navras           | Adil Shah II. Songs in praise of Hindu deities and Muslim saints.                                                               |
| Prayag prashasti         | Harisena. Court poet of Samudragupta in sanskrit.                                                                               |
| Junagarh inscription     | Rudradaman. 2nd century CE. Earliest written sanskrit.                                                                          |
| Tuzk-i-Jahangiri         | Jahangir. Autobiography.                                                                                                        |
| Padshanama               | Abdul Hamid Lahori. Reign of Shah Jahan.                                                                                        |
| Alamgirnama              | Mirza Muhammad Kazim.                                                                                                           |
| Ain-i-Akbari             | Abul Fazl                                                                                                                       |
| Stree purush tulna       | Tarabai Shinde                                                                                                                  |
| Sattasai                 | Hala. Prakrit lit of 700 verses.                                                                                                |
| Dipavamsa + Mahavamsa    | Buddhist chronicles from Ceylon                                                                                                 |
| Bharatvenba              | Nandivarman II. Translation of Mahabharata.                                                                                     |
| Tarikh i Firoz Shahi     | Barani                                                                                                                          |
| Khazain al Futuh         | Khusrau. Alaudin Khilji's conquests.                                                                                            |
| Tughlaq Nama             | Khusrau, Rise of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq.                                                                                           |
| Kitab ul Hind            | Al Beruni                                                                                                                       |
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**INSCRIPTIONS**

Hathigumpha inscription - Kharavela of Kalinga's inscription from 1st century BCE.

Dhauli inscriptions of Asoka - have an elephant carved at the back. Near Bhubaneshwar

Nashik inscription - Gotamiputra Satakarani's exploits by his mom.

Rabatak inscription - Kanishka's time.

Pugalur inscription - Refers to three generation of Chera rulers. 1st Century CE.

Allahabad pillar inscription - Sumdragupta's conquests of Southern kingdoms.

Aihole inscription - Pulakesin II defeats Harsha.

Srirangam Copper Plate inscriptions - Devaraya II of Vijayanagara.

Iron pillar inscription - Chandragupta II.