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The following is a list of ancient Indian writers , originating from the Indian subcontinent . Many writers contributed to the large body of early Indian literature (here roughly taken to predate the 13th century Delhi Sultanate ), consisting of poetry, drama, and writings on religion, philosophy, linguistics, mathematics and many other topics.
Writer
Works
Abhinavagupta Tantraloka ,[ 1]
Adi Shankara Vivekachudamani , Aparoksanubhuti , Atma Shatakam , Manisha Panchakam , more..
Agattiyar Agattiyam
Amara Simha Amarakosha
Andal Tiruppavai , Nachir Tirumozhi
Akṣapāda Gautama
Nyāya Sūtras
Anandavardhana Dhvanyaloka
Ashtavakra Ashtavakra Gita
Aśvaghoṣa Buddhacarita
Avvaiyar Purananuru
Badarayana Brahma Sutras
Bāṇabhaṭṭa Harshacharita , Kadambari
Bharata Muni Natya Shastra
Bharavi Kirātārjunīya
Bhartṛhari Vākyapadīya , Śatakatraya
Bhavabhuti Mahaviracharita , Malatimadhava, Uttararamacharita
Bhāsa Svapnavasavadatta , Urubhanga , Pratima-nataka, Abhisheka-natka, Pancharatra, Madhyamavyayoga , Duta-Ghattotkacha, Duta-Vakya, Karna-bhara, Harivamsa (Bala-charita), Pratijna Yaugandharayaanam
Bilhana Vikramankadevacharita, Caurapâñcâśikâ
Chanakya Arthashastra ,[ 2]
Daṇḍin Daśakumāracarita , Kavyadarsha
Dhanayala
Bhavisayatta Kaha
Gunadhya Bṛhat-Katha
Hāla Gaha Sattasai
Harsha Vardhana Ratnavali , Nagananda , Priyadarsika
Ilango Adigal Silappatikaram
Jaimini Purva Mimamsa Sutras , Jaimini Bharata, Jaimini Sutras
Jayadeva Gita Govinda
Kalhana Rajatarangini
Kālidāsa Abhijñānaśākuntalam , Meghadūta , Raghuvaṃśa , Kumārasambhava , Vikramōrvaśīyam , Mālavikāgnimitram , Ṛtusaṃhāra
Kambar Kambaramayanam , Erezhupathu, Silaiezhupathu, Kangai Puranam, Sarasvati Anthati
Kshemendra Brihat-Katha-Manjari, Ramayana-manjari
Kundakunda Samayasāra , Niyamasara , Pancastikayasara , Pravacanasara, Atthapahuda, Barasanuvekkha
Nagakuthanaar
Kundalakesi
Kuntaka Vakroktijivita
Lagadha
Vedanga Jyotisha
Magha Shishupala Vadha
Mahendravarman I Mattavilasa Prahasana , Bhagavadajjuka
Mahidasa Aitareya
Aitareya Brahmana
Mammata Bhatta Kâvyaprakâsha
Matanga Muni
Brihaddeshi
Nagarjuna Mūlamadhyamakakārikā , Śūnyatāsaptati, Vigrahavyāvartanī, Vaidalyaprakaraṇa, Vyavahārasiddhi, Yuktiṣāṣṭika, Catuḥstava, Ratnāvalī, Pratītyasamutpādahṝdayakārika, Sūtrasamuccaya, Bodhicittavivaraṇa, Suhṛllekha, Bodhisaṃbhāra
Nandikeshvara Abhinaya Darpana, Bharatarnava
Padmagupta Navasahasānkacharitam
Rajasekhara Viddhasalabhañjika, Balabharata, Karpuramañjari, Bālarāmāyaṇa, Kāvyamīmāṃsā
Rati Ram Sahib Bhagvad Gita
Siddhasena Divakara Nyāyāvatāra, Sanmatisūtra
Sīthalai Sāttanār Manimekalai
Somadeva Kathasaritsagara
Sphujidhvaja
Yavanajataka
Sriharsha Naishadhīya-charitam
Śūdraka Mricchakatika
Thiruvalluvar Thirukkural
Tirutakkatevar Civaka Cintamani
Umaswati Tattvartha Sutra
Valmiki Ramayana ,[ 3] Yoga Vasistha [ 4]
Vallabhacharyajee
Shree Subodhiniji, Shodash Granth, Anubhashya, Gayatri Bhashya and much more...
Vātsyāyana Nyāya Sutra Bhāshya, Kama Sutra
Vijñāneśvara Mitākṣarā
Vilambi Naganaar
Nanmanikadigai
Vishakhadatta Mudrarakshasa , Devichandraguptam
Vishnu Sharma Panchatantra
Vyasa Mahabharata
Yajnavalkya Shatapatha Brahmana , Yoga Yajnavalkya , Yājñavalkya Smṛti
Writer
Works
Aryabhata Āryabhaṭīya , Arya-siddhanta
Baudhayana Shulba Sutras , Shrauta Sutra , Dharmasūtra
Bhāskara I Āryabhaṭīyabhāṣya, Mahābhāskarīya, Laghubhāskarīya
Bhāskara II Siddhānta Shiromani (four volumes: Lilāvati , Bijaganita , Grahaganita and Golādhyāya)
Brahmagupta Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta
Halayudha Mṛtasañjīvanī
Mahāvīra (mathematician) Ganit Saar Sangraha
Parameshvara Bhatadipika, Karmadipika, Paramesvari, Sidhantadipika, Vivarana, Drgganita, Goladipika, Grahanamandana, Grahanavyakhyadipika, Vakyakarana
Varāhamihira Pancha-Siddhantika, Brihat-Samhita, Brihat Jataka , Daivaigya Vallabha, Laghu Jataka, Yoga Yatra, Vivaha Patal
Virasena Dhavala
Baudhayana Rishi
Baudhayana Sutras,
Baudhāyana Sulbasūtra,
Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra
