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1
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Which is the ritual veda

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Yajur

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2
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Vajasaneyi & Taittriya samhita are part of

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Yajur veda

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3
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Book of chants

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Sama veda

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4
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Brahma veda is

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Atharva veda

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5
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Paippalada & saunakiya are

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Sakhas of atharva veda

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6
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Brahmanas of each veda

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Rig-aitareya
Yajur-taittriya
Sama-tandya
Atharva-gopatha

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7
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Vedanta are

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Last part of vedas

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8
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Muktika cannon is

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108 upanishads out of 200

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9
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Khandas are

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Ramayana divided into 7 khandas

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10
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Adikavya is

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Ramayana

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11
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Hindu trimurthi contained in

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Puranas

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12
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Mahapuranas are

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18 major puranas

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13
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Upa puranas are

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Minor puranas

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14
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Aramasimha

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Gupta period lexicographer divided 5 major subjects of 19 minor puranas

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15
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Ashtadhyayi

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Panini
Rules of grammer book

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16
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Kavya and nataka means

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Epic poetry & classical drama

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17
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Natyashastra by

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Bharatamuni
Rules directing acting & stage directions

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18
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Kalidasa works

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Malavikaagnimitra
Love story if malavika queen & agnimitra son of pushyamitra sunga

Vikramovarsiya
Love story of vikram & urvasi

Abhijnanashakuntalam
Recognition of shakuntala

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19
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Mrichhakatika by

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Shudraka
Love affairs of charudatta & courtsan

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20
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Vishakadattas work

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Mudrarakshasha
Chandragupta & dhanananda

Devi chandraguptam

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21
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Uttara Ramcharitraman

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Bhavbutti
Early life of Rama

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22
Q

Bhasa works

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Swapnavasadatta

Urubhanga
Duryodhan fight with bhima

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23
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Harshavardhanas work

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Ratnavali
Love story of ceylon princess ratnavali & king udayana

Nagananda
Invocation of budhha in nandi verse

Priyadarsika
Udayana & priyadarsika

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24
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Sanskrit poetry

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Kumarasamvaba by kalidasa

Raghuvamsa by kalidasa

Meghdutta & ritusamhara small epics by kalidasa

Gita govinda by jayadeva

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25
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Kiratarjuniya Sanskrit poetry by

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Bharavi

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26
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Shishupalavadha Sanskrit poetry by

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Magha

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27
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Chandasastra by

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Book of maths by Pingala

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28
Q

Varahamihira books

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Pancha siddhantika-astronomy
Brihat samhita-planetary,geology,architecture etc

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29
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Vedanga jyotisha by

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Lagadha

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30
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Rajatarangini

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Kalhan
Medieval kashmir

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31
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Katha sarit sagar

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Somadeva
Kashmiri

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32
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Budhhacharitra

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Asvagosha

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33
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Upamithibhava prapancha katha by

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Siddharasi
Jain
In Sanskrit

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34
Q

Shanthinatha

A

Sanskrit
Jain text

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35
Q

Gatha saptasati by

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Hala
Erotic
Pakrit poetry

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36
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Opposite extreme of kamasutra

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Gatha saptasati

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37
Q

Zoroastrian literature are

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Avesta
Yasna
Denkard
Bundahishn-primal creations

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38
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Mahavatsu

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Jataka tales buddhism

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39
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Udana

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Oldest theravada school
Blind elephant story

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40
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Mahavibhasa shastra

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Mahayana

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41
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Visudhhimagga

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Theravada
Budhhagosha

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42
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Karmaprabhita
Kashyaprabhrita

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Digambaras

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43
Q

Uvasaggaharam stotra

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Bhadrabahu

44
Q

Samyasara & niyamsara

A

Jains
Acharya kundkund

45
Q

Civaka cintamani

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Tirutakkatevar
Jain

46
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Tattvarta sutra

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Jain
By umaswati

47
Q

Mahapurana & adipurana

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Jinsena
Jaina

48
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Haribhadra suri & Hemchandra suri

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Jain scholar

49
Q

Samanta bhadras work

A

Aptamimasa
Ratna karanda stavakachara

50
Q

University of vallabi & kalinga important under which faith

51
Q

Ardas are what

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Prayer performed during daily rituals of gurudwara

52
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Dipavamsa & mahavamsa

53
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Lalitavistara sutra

54
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Bodhi vamsa

55
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Two major schools of sangam literature

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Aham & Puram

56
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Avvaiyar

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Female sangam saint

57
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Silappadikaram
Manimekalai

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Ilango
Satthanar

58
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Periya puranam
Kambaramayanam

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Secular Tamil writing

59
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Malayalam commentry on Arthashastra and Kokashndisam

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Bhasa Kautilya

60
Q

Cheeraman wrote

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Ramacharitam

61
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Father of Malayalam language

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Ezhuthachan

62
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Uttaraharivamsam by

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Nachaa Somanatha
Court poet of king BUKKA I

63
Q

Amuktamalyada

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Krishnadevaraya

64
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Tamil poet Haridasa whose court

A

Krishnadevaraya

65
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3 kannada gems poets

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Pampa
Ponna
Ranna

66
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Who was the Rajaguru of Krishnadevaraya

A

Vyasatirtha

67
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Ashtadiggajas

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8 learnt telegu poets of krishnadevaraya

68
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Dharmanathapurana by

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Madhava
Kannada

69
Q

One of the 1st recorded kannada text

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Kavirajamarga by AMOGAVARSHA I rashtrakuta king

70
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Dharma Parikshe by

A

Uritta Vilasa
Kannada

71
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Father of kannada

72
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Torave ramayana by

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Narhari
First Kannada Ramayana inspired from valmiki

73
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Greatest works of Pampa

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Adipurana champu style
Vikramarjuna vijaya

74
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Works of
Ponna
Ranna

A

Shanti purana
Ajitha purana

75
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Jaimini bharata by

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Lakshmisha
In kannada

76
Q

Who was kannadas people poet

A

Sarvajna
Composed tripadi three lined poems

77
Q

Nuh sipihr

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Amir khusrao delhavi

78
Q

Divan collection of poems by

A

Amir khusrao

79
Q

Baranis work

A

Tarik e Firoz shahi
Minaj i siraj

80
Q

Humayun nama

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Gulbandan begam

81
Q

Persian translation of mahabharata

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Raznmana by Badauni

82
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Padmavat by

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Malik jayasi

83
Q

Diwan i makhfi

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By aurangs daughter Zeb un Nissa

84
Q

Famous Urdu poets

A

Mirza Ghalib
Wrote Diwan collection of poetry

85
Q

Iqbal wrote

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Bang e Dara
Sare jahan se achha

86
Q

First hindi book

A

Pritvirajraso by chand bardai

87
Q

Hindi language came from

A

Apabhramsa

88
Q

First kannada poetess

A

Honnamma
Wrote Hadibadeya Dharma meaning duty of devout wife

89
Q

Works of Bhartendu Harishchandra

A

Andher Nagari 1881
Bharat Durdasha

90
Q

Father of modern literature

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B. Harishchandra

91
Q

English man of Batista mission serampore

A

William Carey 1800

92
Q

Who was titled shanti purana of kannada

93
Q

Sidhhanta kaumudi

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Bhattoji diksita

94
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Bharatam

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By Perudevanar sangam

95
Q

Laghu jataka

A

Varahamihira
Navaratna Chandragupta

96
Q

Vartika
Commentry on Ashtadhyayi

97
Q

Katyayana

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During gupta for denoting untouchable

98
Q

Nyayavartam

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Sidsena
jain text during gupta period

99
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Divyadana

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Buddhist text

100
Q

Melakanakku and kanikanakku

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Major and minor works of sangam

101
Q

Bible of Tamil land

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Thiruvalluvar
Kural and Muppal

102
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Abhinabha darpan

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Nandi kesvar

103
Q

Panduranga Mahatmayam

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Ramkrishna
One of the greatest poetic works of Telegu literature

104
Q

Savaiyyas

A

Sikh literature

105
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Tabakat i nasiri

A

Minaj us siraj

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