This is the home location for information about literature--modern and classica--from India. Contains links to homepages devoted to Indian fiction, poetry, drama, in various Indian languages, and websites with biographies and other information on Indian authors.
English-language sites related to Indian literature, writers, poets.
Much of Indian literature is based on this great epic story of northern India. The story is centered around the dynastic struggle for the throne of the kingdom of Hastinapura, and it spans several generations of the descendants of King Kuru. Many other stories and some scriptures have come to be embedded within it.
The authorship is traditionally attributed to Vyasa, also known as Krishna Dvaipayana, who is also grandfather to some of the principal characters.