CHARACTERISTICS OF

INDIAN LITERATURE
 INDIAN LITERATURE

The earliest works of Indian

literature were orally transmitted.
 INDIAN LITERATURE

Dating back 1500-1200 BCE, Sanskrit

Literature begins with the oral
literature of Rig-Veda, a collection
of sacred Hymns.
 The Sanskrit

The Sanskrit is a standardised dialect

of Old Indo-Aryan originating as
Vedic Sanskrit and tracing its
linguistic ancestry back to Proto-
Indo-Iranian and Proto-Indo-
European.
 The Rig-Veda

The Rig-Veda is made up of poetic

hymns in praise of the Gods. It
represents the Aryan religious
spirit as soon as the pastoral people
arrived in India.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF
INDIAN LITERATURE

Indian Literature is Mostly/Mainly

based on Piety, a deeply religious
spirit.
- Vedas, Rig-Veda.
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INDIAN LITERATURE
Indian Literary Masterpieces are
written in epic form, corresponds
to the great epochs in the history of
India.
-Mahabharata, Ramayana
 CHARACTERISTICS OF
INDIAN LITERATURE

There is an intimate alliance and

the perfect fusion between poetry
and religion
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INDIAN LITERATURE

Music and Poetry are indissolubly

inter-woven with each other
- Rig-Veda
 CHARACTERISTICS OF
INDIAN LITERATURE

Indian literature is fused with an

element of romantic and praises.
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