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  2. List of Indian historical novels - Wikipedia

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    About the final years of Rama Varma of Venad and successive rule by Marthanda Varma based in circa 1727 – 1732 in Venad kingdom. Maisuracha Wagh: Hari Narayan Apte: 1891 Marathi: Based on Tipu Sultan. [5] Suryakantha: Lakshman Rao Gadagkar 1892 Kannada: Mohanangi: T. T. Saravanamuthu Pillai 1895 Tamil: Sadhara Jesang: Mahipatiram Nilkanth ...

  3. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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    Hindi literature (Hindi: हिंदी साहित्य, romanized: hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Central Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Hindi, some of which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa such as Awadhi and Marwari.

  4. List of historic Indian texts - Wikipedia

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    Name Description Alternate Names Date Vedas: Sacred hymns on 5 supreme gods led by Surya, which are a large body of texts originating in ancient India.Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.

  5. History of India - Wikipedia

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    Indian cultural influence (Greater India) Timeline of Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across his ...

  6. Indian classical drama - Wikipedia

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    The last was inspired by a story in the Mahabharata and is the most famous. It was the first to be translated into English and German. Śakuntalā (in English translation) influenced Goethe's Faust (1808–1832). [3] The next great Indian dramatist was Bhavabhuti (c. 7th century CE).

  7. Story structure - Wikipedia

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    Story structure is a way to organize the story's elements into a recognizable sequence. It has been shown to influence how the brain organizes information. [2] Story structures can vary culture to culture and throughout history. The same named story structure may also change over time as the culture also changes.

  8. Brihatkatha - Wikipedia

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    Vol I, Vol II, Vol III, Vol IV, Vol V, Vol VI, Vol VII, Vol VIII, Vol IX, Vol X at the Internet Archive, or as proofread HTML eBook Volume 1-9, including thousands of notes and large appendixes. Vijayalakshmy, R. (1981). A Study of the Peruṅkatai: an authentic version of the story of Udayana. Madras: International Institute of Tamil Studies.

  9. Katha (storytelling format) - Wikipedia

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    Katha (or Kathya) is an Indian style of religious storytelling, performances of which are a ritual event in Hinduism.It often involves priest-narrators (kathavachak or vyas) who recite stories from Hindu religious texts, such as the Puranas, the Ramayana or Bhagavata Purana, followed by a commentary ().