Important Ancient Indian Books and Authors

BOOK	AUTHOR
Mudra Rakshasa	Vishakh Datt
Padmavat	Malik Mohammad Jayasi
Malavikagnimitra	Kalidasa
Abhigyanam - Shakuntalam	Kalidasa
Kumārasaṃbhavam	Kalidasa
Buddha-charitam	Ashvaghosha
Kathasaritsagara	Somadeva
Rajatarangini	Kalhana
Ashtadhyayi	Panini
Mahabhasya	Patanjali
Charaka Samhita	Charaka
Sushruta Samhita	Sushruta
Bhrigu Samhita	Bhrigu
Arthashastra	Kautilya
Panchatantra	Vishnu Sharma
Geet Govinda	Jaidev
Aryabhatiya	Aryabhatta
Mrichchhakatika	Shudraka
Dayabhaga	Jimutavahana
Prem Vatika	Raskhan
Ramayana	Valmiki
Bhagavadgita	Veda Vyas
Milinda Panha	Menander
Buddha Charitam	Ashwaghosha
Asthadyayi	Panini
Silappadkaram	Ilango Adigal
Panduranga Mahatyam	Tenali Ramakrishna
Rajtarangini	Kalhana
Devichandraguptam	Vishakha Datta
Mrichchakatikam	Shudraka
Dashakumaracarita	Dandin
Guru Grahanth sahib	Guru Arjan Dev
Kavyadarsa	Dandin
Vikramarjunavijaya	Pampa
Manimekalai	Sattanar
Brahmasutras	Badrayana
Kamasutra	Vatsyayana
Mrichchakatikam	Shudraka
Natya Shastra	Bharata Muni
Brihat katha	Gunadhya
Harsha Charita	Bana Bhatt
Amuktamalayada	Sri Krishna Deva Raya
Tuzk-I-Jahangir	Jahangir
Babar Namah or Tuzk-e-Babari	Babar
Shah Namah	Firdausi
Humayun Namah	Gulbadan Begum
Santipurana	Poona
Vasavadatta	Subandhu
Prithviraj Raso	Chand Bardai
Kiratarjuniya	Bharavi
Kathasarita sagara	Somadeva
Indica	Megasthanese
Aihole Prasasti	Ravi Kriti
Lilawati	Bhaskara II
Badshahnama/Padshahnama	Abdul Hamid Lahori
Sur Sagar (Life of Krishna)	Sur Das
Safarnama or Rihla	Ibn Batuta

Some of the Books written by Kalidasa:

• Abhigyan Shakuntalam
• Kumar Sambhava
• Meghdoot
• Malavikagnimitra
• Raghuvansha
• Shakuntala

All these are written in Sanskrit

Some of the books written by Harshavardhana are:

• Ratnavali
• Priyadarsika
• Nagananda

Some of the Books written by Varahamihra:

• Brihat-Samhita
• Panch-Siddhantika
• Brihat-Jataka