India
35 authors
Mir Amman
Urdu, English· 1748–1806
Babur
Chagatai· 1483–1530
Banarasidas
Braj Bhasha· 1586–1643
Basava
Kannada· 1131–1196
Bhartrihari
Classical Sanskrit· 5th century
Bhāsa
Classical Sanskrit· c. 200-400
Bhavabhuti
Classical Sanskrit· c. 680 - c. 750-760
Bihari Lal
Braj Bhasha· 1595–1663
Bilhana
Classical Sanskrit· 11th century
Charaka
Classical Sanskrit· lived c. 100-200
Jayanth Kaikini
Kannada· b. 1955
Kalidasa
Classical Sanskrit· c. 4th - 5th century
Kambar
Tamil· 1180–1250
Kautilya
Classical Sanskrit· c. 2nd-3rd century
Amir Khusrau (Khusro)
Urdu, Classical Persian· 1253–1325
Akka Mahadevi
Kannada· 12th century
Perumal Murugan
Tamil· b. 1966
Banu Mushtaq
Kannada· b. 1948
Narayana Pandit
Classical Sanskrit· c. 9th-10th century
Patanjali
Classical Sanskrit· lived c. 2nd century BC - 5th century AD
Allama Prabhu
Kannada· c. 12th century
Uday Prakash
Hindi· b. 1952
Shankara
Classical Sanskrit· c. 788-820 (disputed)
Vishnu Sharma
Classical Sanskrit· c. 200 BC - AD 300
Somacandra
Classical Sanskrit· 15th century
Somadeva
Classical Sanskrit· 11th century
Sushruta
Classical Sanskrit· lived c. 750-250 BC
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali· 1861–1941
Thiruvalluvar
Old Tamil· c. 6th century
Vagbhata
Classical Sanskrit· lived c. 400-800
Vallabhadeva
Classical Sanskrit· c. later 1300s - early 1400s
Valmiki
Epic Sanskrit· c. 8th-4th century BC
Vishakhadatta
Classical Sanskrit· c. 6th century
Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa
Epic Sanskrit· legendary, Mahabharata was mostly completed in 4th-3rd century BCE
Yajnavalkya
Classical Sanskrit· c. 7th century BC