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Ancient India Flashcards

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Mudrarakshasa (Chandragupta Maurya defeating the Nandas)

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Vishakhadatta

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Devichandraguptam (Story of Chandragupta Maurya; sanskrit language drama)

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Vishakhadatta

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Malavikagnimitram (Story of Agnimitra Sunga, S/O Pushyamitra Sunga; love story with Malvika)

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Kalidas

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Gudavaho (Yasovarman of Kannauj; poem; Prakrit language)

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Vakpati (poet in court of Yashovarman)

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Vikramanakadevacharita (Chalukya king Vikramaditya)

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Bilhana (11 century kashmiri poet)

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Kumarapalacharita

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Jayasimha

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Hammirakavya (15th century sanskrit poem about 13th century Chahaman King Hammira[ancesory, conquests, battle and loss to alludin Khilji))

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Nyayachandra Suri (Jain poet)

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Dvayashraya Mahakavya

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Hemchandra (Jain poet)

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Navashasankacharita (sanskrit poem about Parmar King Sindhuraja aka Navashashank)

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Padmagupta (court poet of Parmar dynasty)

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Bhojaprabandha (collection of sanskrit prose and poems; contains stories of 11th century Parmar dynasty King Bhoj)

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Billala

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Prithvirajcharita

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Chandrabardai

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Meghaduta (message of king Kuber to his wife through a cloud)

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Kalidas

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Raghuvamsa (About Raghu Kul predecessor of King Dashrath and King Ram)

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Kalidas

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Kumarasambhava (birth of Kumara (Kārtikeya), the son of Shiva and Parvati)

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Kalidas

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Vikramorvasiyam (5 Act Sanskrit play; love story of king Pururavas and an Apsara, a celestial nymph named Urvashi)

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Kalidas

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Abhijnanashakuntalam (Drama) (story of Shakuntala told in the epic Mahabharata)

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Kalidas

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Mrichakatika (ten-act Sanskrit drama; young Brahmin, Sanskrit: Cārudatta, who falls in love with a wealthy courtesan or nagarvadhu, Sanskrit: Vasantasenā)

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Sudraka

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Uttarama-Charita (Continuation to Valmiki Ramayana)

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Bhavabhuti

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Malati Madhava (The drama Malati Madhava is set in the city of Padmavati. The king of the state wished that his minister’s daughter Malati should marry a youth named Nandana)

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Bhavabhuti

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Amarakosha (Namalinganushasanam: Sanskrit Thesaurus)

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Amarasimha (Navratna of King Vikramadity’s court; around 400 AD)

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Si-yu-Ki

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Hiuen Tsang

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Brahmasiddhanta (mathematical astronomy)

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Brahmagupta

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Khandakhadya (Astronomical Treatise)

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Brahmagupta

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Dasakumaracharita (prose romance in Sanskrit; ten princes in their pursuit of love and royal power)

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Dandi

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Astanga-Sangraha (compilation of the eight branches of Ayurveda such as: Kaya, Bala, Graha, Urdhvanga, Salya, Damstra, Jara and Vrsa)

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Vagabhatta (Buddhist physician)

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Astanga-Hirdaya-Samhita (Ancient Ayurvedic text book)

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Vagabhatta (Buddhist physician)

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Panchsiddhantika (Astronomy)

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Varahamihira (Hindu Polymath from Ujjain)

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Suryasiddhanta (Astronomy)

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Varahamihira(Hindu Polymath from Ujjain)

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Brihatsamhita (Astronomy)

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Varahamihira (Hindu Polymath from Ujjain)

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Karpuramanjari (Prakrit play)

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Rajashekhara

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Bala Ramayana

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Rajashekhara

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Bala Bharata

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Rajashekhara

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Kavyamimamsa (Prakrit)

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Rajashekhara

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Bhuvana Kosha

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Rajashekhara

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Haravilasa

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Rajashekhara

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Adinathacharita (Jaina Narrative on 1st Tirthankara)

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Vardhamana

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Shantinathacharita (Jaina Narrative on 16th tirthankara)

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Devachandra

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Parsvanathacharita (Jaina Narrative on 23rd tirthankara)

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Devabhadra

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Prithviraja Vijay (eulogistic Sanskrit epic poem on the life of the Indian Chahamana king Prithviraja III)

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Jayanka

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Karnasundari (natika)

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Bilhana

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Sapta Sadhana

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Hemchandra (Jain poet)

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Saraswati Kanthabharana

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Bhoja (Raja Bhoja)

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Dasharupa

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Dhananjaya

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Harikeli Nataka (Sanskrit drama)

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Visaladeva ( Vigraharaja IV of Chauhan dynasty)

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Prasannaraghava

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Jayadeva

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Siddhanta Shiromani [4 parts – Lilavati, Bijaganita, Grahaganita & Gola (on Astronomy)]

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Bhaskaracharya

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Rajmariganka (On Astronomy)

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King Bhoja

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Chikitsakalika or Yogamala

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Tisata (Vagbhatta’s Son)

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Mitakasara (vivrti (legal commentary) on the Yajnavalkya Smriti best known for its theory of “inheritance by birth.”)

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Vijnanaeshvara ( scholar in the Western Chalukya court in the late eleventh and early twelfth century)

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Nitishastra (On Polity)

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Mathara

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Nitisara (On Polity)

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Kamandaka

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Sushruta Samhita (encyclopedia on surgery)

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Sushruta

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Charaka Samhita (Book on medicine)

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Charaka

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Buddhacharita

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Asvaghosha (father of Sanskrit drama)

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Vajrasuchi

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Asvaghosha (father of Sanskrit drama)

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Saundarananda

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Asvaghosha (father of Sanskrit drama)

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Mahabhasya

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Patanjali

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Harshacharita

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Banabhatta

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Kadambari

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Banabhatta

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Ravan Vadha

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Bhattin

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