India
30 authors
Mir Amman
Urdu, Englishยท 1748โ1806
Babur
Chagataiยท 1483โ1530
Banarasidas
Braj Bhashaยท 1586โ1643
Basava
Kannadaยท 1131โ1196
Bhartrihari
Classical Sanskritยท 5th century
Bhฤsa
Classical Sanskritยท c. 200-400
Bhavabhuti
Classical Sanskritยท c. 680 - c. 750-760
Bihari Lal
Braj Bhashaยท 1595โ1663
Bilhana
Classical Sanskritยท 11th century
Charaka
Classical Sanskritยท lived c. 100-200
Kalidasa
Classical Sanskritยท c. 4th - 5th century
Kautilya
Classical Sanskritยท c. 2nd-3rd century
Amir Khusrau (Khusro)
Urdu, Classical Persianยท 1253โ1325
Akka Mahadevi
Kannadaยท 12th century
Narayana Pandit
Classical Sanskritยท c. 9th-10th century
Patanjali
Classical Sanskritยท lived c. 2nd century BC - 5th century AD
Allama Prabhu
Kannadaยท c. 12th century
Shankara
Classical Sanskritยท c. 788-820 (disputed)
Vishnu Sharma
Classical Sanskritยท c. 200 BC - AD 300
Somacandra
Classical Sanskritยท 15th century
Somadeva
Classical Sanskritยท 11th century
Sushruta
Classical Sanskritยท lived c. 750-250 BC
Rabindranath Tagore
Bengaliยท 1861โ1941
Thiruvalluvar
Old Tamilยท c. 6th century
Vagbhata
Classical Sanskritยท lived c. 400-800
Vallabhadeva
Classical Sanskritยท c. later 1300s - early 1400s
Valmiki
Epic Sanskritยท c. 8th-4th century BC
Vishakhadatta
Classical Sanskritยท c. 6th century
Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa
Epic Sanskrit
Yajnavalkya
Classical Sanskritยท c. 7th century BC