Important points

 The colossal rock cut medieval image of the Jaina Saint Gomateswara at Sravanbelagola in
Mysore stands upright in the posture of meditation known as Kayotsarga with feet firm on
the earth and arms held downwards but not touching the body, ad he smiles faintly.
 The increasing adoption of stone as a building material was partly due to foreign contacts
but also due to the gradual disappearance of timber forests from the more populous and
civilized regions of India.
 All the Mauryan pillars and other products of Mauryan stonemasons come from the same
quarry at Chunar not far from Varanasi and all bear the stamp of the same school.
 Sangharamas – rock cut Buddhist monasteries.
 A few Vedic hymns are primarily secular. Of these the ‘Gamester’s lament’ is the most
famous. Probably a spell to ensure success in gaming, it is addressed to vibhidhaka nuts
from which the dice was made.
 Kumarasambhava (The Birth of the War God) a religious poem, tells the story of Skanda, the
son of Shiva and Parvati, who led gods to battle with the demon Tarak.
 Kumaradasa- Janakiharan – Classical Sanskrit poem
 Bharavi- Kiratarjuniya- Classical Sanskrit poem
 Magha- Sisupalavadha
 Bilhana- Chaurapanchshika
 Bilhana- Vikramankadevacharita
 Bhasa was an earlier dramatist than Kalidasa and wrote Swapnavasavadutta.
 Vishakadutta – Mudrarakshasa and Devichandragupta.
 Harsha- Ratnavali, Nagananda and Priyadarsika.
 Pallava king Mahendravikramavarman- Mattavilasa.
 Bhavabhuti- Mahaviracharita and Uttararamacharita.
 Bana – Harshacharita and Kadambari – Sanskrit prose literature.
 Pali literature – Mahavamsa.
 The third Tamil epic- Sivaga-Sindamani, Jain influence.