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India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh | |
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Introduction | |
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The Vedic Period (C.1500-200 B.C.) | |
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The Rig Veda (poems) (Sanskrit) (c.1200-900 B.C.) | |
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The Upanishads (poems/religious texts) (Sanskrit) (c. 9th century B.C. - 1st century A.D.) | |
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Buddhist Texts (C. 5th century B.C.- A.D. 255) | |
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Theravada Buddhist Texts (religious texts) (Pali) (5th century B.C. - 1st century B.C.) | |
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Mahayana Buddhist Texts (religious texts) (Chinese) (before A.D. 255) | |
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Classical Sanskrit, Prakrit and Tamil Literatures (c. 200 A.D. - 1100 A.D.) | |
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Valmiki (epic poem) (Sanskrit) (c.200 B.C.) | |
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The Bhagavad-Gita (epic poem) Sanskrit (c. 1st century A.D.) | |
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Poems of Love and War (from the classical anthologies) (Tamil) (c.100 B.C. - A.D. 250) | |
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The Gatha Saptashati (700 erotic poems compiled by King Hala) (Prakrit) (c.100-300) | |
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Tales from the Panchatantra (fables) (Sanskrit) (c.200-400) | |
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Kalidasa (poem) (Sanskrit) (4th-5th centuries) | |
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Vijjika (Vidya) (poem) (Sanskrit) (c.659) | |
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Bhartrihari (poems) (Sanskrit) (7th century?) | |
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Amaru (poems) (Sanskrit) (7th century) | |
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Regional Bhakti (Devotional) Literatures (C. 10th-16th Centuries) | |
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Basavanna (poems) (Kannada) (1106-1167 or 1168) | |
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Mahadevi (poems) (Kannada) (12th century) | |
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Jayadeva (dramatic poetry) (Sanskrit) (12th century) | |
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Lalla (poems) (Kashmiri) (1320-1392) | |
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Chandidas (poems) (Bengali) (late 14th-mid-15th centuries) | |
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Kabir (poems) (Hindi) (1398-1448) | |
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Mirabai (poems) (Hindi) (1498-1573) | |
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The Modern Period (19th and 20th Centuries) | |
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Ghalib (Asadullah Khan Ghalib) (poems) (Urdu) (1797-1869) | |
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Rabindranath Tagore (poems) (Bengali) (1861-1941) | |
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Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) (prose) (English) (1869-1948) | |
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Sara Chandra Chatterjee (story) (Bengali) (1876-1938) | |
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Premchand (story) (Hindi) (1880-1936) | |
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Jibanananda Das (poem) (Bangladesh) (1899-1954) | |
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R.K. Narayan (story) (English) (1906-) | |
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz (poems) (Urdu) (1910-1984) | |
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (story) (English) (1927-) | |
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Bharati Mukherjee (story) (English) (1942-) | |
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Salman Rushdie (novel) (English) (1947-) | |
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China | |
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Introduction | |
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Zhou Dynasty (1027-221 B.C.) | |
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The Book of Songs (poems) (c.600 B.C.) | |
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Confucius (philosophy) (c.551-479 B.C.) | |
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Laozi (Lao Tzu) (poems/philosophy) (4th - 3rd centuries B.C.) | |
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Zhuangzi (Chuang Tsu) (philosophy) (c. 369-286 B.C.) | |
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The Songs of Chu (attributed to Qu Yuan) (poems) (332-295 B.C.?) | |
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Han Dynasty (206 B.C.- A.D. 220) | |
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Liu Xijun (poem) (late 2nd century B.C.) | |
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Anonymous Folk Songs from the Music Bureau (120 B.C.) Fu Xuan (poem) (217-278) | |
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Six Dynasties Period (220-589) | |
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Lu Ji (literary criticism in rhyme-prose) (261-303) | |
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Tao Qian (T'ao Ch'ien) (poems and prose) (365-427) | |
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Tang Dynasty (618-907) | |
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Wang Wei (poems) (701-761) | |
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Li Bai (Li Po) (poems) (701-762) | |
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Du Fu (Tu Fu) (poems) (712-770) | |
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Meng Jiao (Meng Chiao) (poems) (751-814) | |
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Han Yu (Han Yu) (poem) (768-824) | |
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Xue Tao (Hsueh T'ao) (poems) (768-831) | |
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Li Gongzuo (Li Kung-tso) (story) (770-c.848) | |
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Bo Juyi (Po Chu-i) (poems) (772-846). Liu Zongyuan ( | |