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  2. Indian English literature - Wikipedia

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    The first book written by an Indian in English was The Travels of Dean Mahomet, a travel narrative by Sake Dean Mahomed, published in England in 1794. IEL, in its early stages had influence from The Western novel. Early Indian writers used English unadulterated by Indian words to convey an experience which was essentially Indian.

  3. Indian literature - Wikipedia

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    He was the first person of non-European lineage to win a Nobel Prize. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, the author of India's National Song 'Vande Mataram'. The first evidence of Bengali literature is known as Charyapada or Charyageeti, which were Buddhist hymns from the 8th century. Charyapada is in the oldest known written form of Bengali.

  4. List of historic Indian texts - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Dalit literature - Wikipedia

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    Dalit literature is a genre of Indian writing that focuses on the lives, experiences, and struggles of the Dalit community over centuries, in relation to caste-based oppression and systemic discrimination.

  6. List of autobiographies by Indians - Wikipedia

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    The book is used as a textbook in Columbia University. [1] Jawaharlal Nehru: An Autobiography: 1936: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: The Story of My Experiments with Truth: 1940s: Paramahansa Yogananda: Autobiography of a Yogi: 1946: Rajendra Prasad, first president: Atmakahktha: 1946: ENGLISH U. V. Swaminatha Iyer: En Sarithiram: 1950: Tamil Nirad ...

  7. Timeline of Hindu texts - Wikipedia

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    Mimamsa Sutra, 300 – 200 BCE [9] Arthashastra, 400 BCE – 200 CE [10] Nyāya Sūtras, 2nd century BCE [11] Vaiśeṣika Sūtra, 2nd century BCE [12] Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 100 BCE – 500 BCE [13] Brahma Sutra, 500 BCE [14] [15] Puranas, 250 – 1000 CE [16] Shiva Sutras, 120 BCE [citation needed] Abhinavabharati, 950 – 1020 CE ...

  8. Printing in Goa - Wikipedia

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    On 20 October 1578, these types were used to print the first book in an Indian language in India (the first Tamil book was printed in Lisbon in 1554 in romanized Tamil script.)—Henrique Henriques's Doctrina Christam en Lingua Malauar Tamul – Tampiran Vanakam, a Tamil translation of St Francis Xavier's Doutrina Christa. This 16-page book of ...

  9. Category:20th-century Indian novels - Wikipedia

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