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INDIAN LITERATURE
Brought by Aryans around 1500 BC
• nomads and highly poetic people
• worshipped the forces of nature
• extolled the hereditary deities
Agni (fire)
Savitri (sun)
Usas (dawn)
Rudras (storms)
Indra (war and rain)
Mitra (honor)
Varuna (divine authority)
Indra, Vishnu (creation)
INDIAN LITERATURE
• 6th century BC until abut AD 1000 was the
Classical Period
epics
court poems
dramas
THE INDIAN SCRIPTURES CAN BE BROADLY
CLASSIFIED INTO TWO CATEGORIES:
The Panchatantra
Confucius
CHINESE LITERATURE
Lao Tzu
CHINESE LITERATURE
Li po Tu Fu
Ssu-ma C’ien
CHINESE LITERATURE
Major Chinese Writers
T’ang Poets
Li Po Tu Fu Wang Wei
CHINESE LITERATURE
Major Chinese Writers