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14. IMPORTANT BOOKS AND AUTHORS (CONSOLIDATED TABLE)
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14. IMPORTANT BOOKS AND AUTHORS (CONSOLIDATED TABLE)
| Book | Author | Significance |
|---|---|---|
| Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda | — (compiled, multiple sages) | Foundational Vedic texts |
| Upanishads | Various sages | Philosophy — basis of Vedanta |
| Arthashastra | Kautilya (Chanakya/Vishnugupta) | Statecraft, economy, Mauryan administration |
| Indica | Megasthenes | Greek account of Mauryan India |
| Mudrarakshasa | Vishakhadatta | Political drama on Chandragupta Maurya's rise to power |
| Mahabhashya | Patanjali | Commentary on Panini's Sanskrit grammar (Ashtadhyayi); Shunga period |
| Milindapanho | — (records dialogue) | Dialogue between King Menander and monk Nagasena |
| Charaka Samhita | Charaka | Ayurveda/medicine, Kushan period |
| Buddhacharita | Ashvaghosha | Biography of Buddha, Kushan period |
| Aryabhatiya | Aryabhata | Mathematics/astronomy, Gupta period |
| Brihatsamhita, Panchasiddhantika | Varahamihira | Astrology/astronomy/architecture, Gupta period |
| Abhijnanashakuntalam, Meghaduta, Raghuvamsha, Kumarasambhava, Malavikagnimitram, Ritusamhara | Kalidasa | Sanskrit classical literature, Gupta period |
| Mrichchhakatika | Shudraka | Sanskrit drama |
| Panchatantra | Vishnu Sharma | Fable/moral stories |
| Harshacharita, Kadambari | Banabhatta | Biography of Harsha; Sanskrit prose |
| Ratnavali, Priyadarshika, Nagananda | Harshavardhana | Sanskrit plays by the king himself |
| Si-Yu-Ki | Hiuen Tsang | Travel account of Harsha's India |
| Kavirajamarga | Amoghavarsha I (Rashtrakuta) | Earliest available Kannada work on poetics |
| Tolkappiyam | Tolkappiyar | Earliest Tamil grammar text |
| Tirukkural | Thiruvalluvar | Tamil ethics/moral text |
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