Indian Literature revolves around mainly on the Aryan, or Indo-European civilization. The Aryans has been into India about two thousand years before Christ. Mainly, their literature involves the beginnings of the Aryan speech, discloses a wealth of material, and gives a glimpse of the early Aryans, their ideas and perceptions about life. The Vedic and Sanskrit were the ancient languages of India.
Indian literature is divided into three periods namely Vedic, Sectarian and Sanskrit. The Vedic period arises from 1500 to 1000 BC, but persisting for several subsequent centuries. The Sectarian period has been dated from the time of Buddha. And the Sanskrit period, overlapped the Vedic period and extended to a period some centuries after Christ. The literature in general has a significant role on their religion and philosophy. As Confucious was a great figure in China, so Buddha was the symbolic figure of India.
The Sanskrit literature was for the most part nonreligious. Some of the works under this period were mainly epics, fables, dramas, and lyric poetry. The two most well-known epics are the Mahabharata which is considerably lengthy than that of the Illiad and Odyssey combined, and the other one is the Ramayana, both coming from the period before Christ.
Indian literature has earned their reputation internationally when it comes to literary works. The richness of their literatures is simply commendable.
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