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Ancient literature that comprises religious & scientific documents/books, tales, poetry & plays, royal edicts/declarations, and other forms of writing were primarily recorded on stone, stone tablets, papyri, palm leaves, metal and other media. Before the spread of writing, oral literature did not always survive well, though some texts and fragments have persisted. One can conclude that an unknown number of written works too have likely not survived the ravages of time and are therefore lost.

Early Bronze Age
The literature of the Early Bronze Age of the Ancient Near East: The Old Kingdom of Egypt and The Akkadian Empire



Writing in ancient Egypt—both hieroglyphic and hieratic—first appeared in the late 4th millennium BC during the late phase of predynastic Egypt. By the Old Kingdom (26th century BC to 22nd century BC), literary works included funerary texts, epistles and letters, hymns and poems, and commemorative autobiographical texts recounting the careers of prominent administrative officials.

Surviving hymns and songs from the Old Kingdom include the morning greeting hymns to the gods in their respective temples. Funerary poems were thought to preserve a monarch's soul in death. The Pyramid Texts are the earliest surviving religious literature incorporating poetic verse. The Pyramid Texts are chiefly concerned with the function of preserving and nurturing the soul of the sovereign in the afterlife. A variety of textual traditions evolved from the original Pyramid Texts: the Coffin Texts of the Middle Kingdom, the so-called Book of the Dead, Litany of Ra, and Amduat written on papyri from the New Kingdom until the end of ancient Egyptian civilization.

Events

 * Beginning with the funerary stelas for officials of the late Third dynasty of Egypt, small amounts of biographical detail were added next to the deceased men's titles.
 * The oldest-known private letters on papyrus were found in a funerary temple dating to the reign of Djedkare-Izezi (r. 2414–2375 BC) of the Fifth dynasty of Egypt
 * narratives of the lives and careers of government officials in the Sixth dynasty of Egypt

New Works

 * Old Egyptian
 * Pyramid texts
 * Autobiography of Harkhuf
 * Autobiography of Weni
 * lists of kings
 * Palermo stone
 * Old Sumerian
 * Instructions of Shuruppak
 * Kesh temple hymn

21st to 16th century BC
The literature of the Middle Bronze Age of the Ancient Near East:The Middle Kingdom of Egypt,The Third Dynasty of Ur, The Isin-Larsa Period, and the First Babylonian Empire

Ancient Egypt


It was not until the early Middle Kingdom (21st century BC to 17th century BC) that a narrative Egyptian literature was created, as a result of the rise of an intellectual class of scribes, who had new cultural sensibilities about individuality, unprecedented levels of literacy, and mainstream access to written materials. The "instructions" or "teaching" genre, as well as the genre of "reflective discourses", can be grouped in the larger corpus of wisdom literature found in the ancient Near East. The genre is didactic in nature and is thought to have formed part of the Middle Kingdom scribal education syllabus. The genre of "prophetic texts", also known as "laments", "discourses", "dialogues", and "apocalyptic literature", connect themes include a pessimistic outlook, descriptions of social and religious change, and great disorder throughout the land, taking the form of a syntactic "then-now" verse formula. Tomb biographies also became more detailed, and included information about the deceased person's family.

The educational text Book of Kemit, dated to the Eleventh dynasty, contains a list of epistolary greetings and a narrative with an ending in letter form and suitable terminology for use in commemorative biographies. Other letters of the early Middle Kingdom have also been found to use epistolary formulas similar to the Book of Kemit. The Heqanakht papyri, written by a gentleman farmer, date to the Eleventh dynasty and represent some of the lengthiest private letters known to have been written in ancient Egypt. During the late Middle Kingdom, greater standardization of the epistolary formula can be seen, for example in a series of model letters taken from dispatches sent to the Semna fortress of Nubia during the reign of Amenemhat III (r. 1860–1814 BC).

A cycle of Middle-Kingdom songs dedicated to Senusret III (r. 1878–1839 BC) have been discovered at El-Lahun. The Harper's Song, the lyrics found on a tombstone of the Middle Kingdom and on Papyrus Harris 500 from the New Kingdom, was to be performed for dinner guests at formal banquets.

The majority of Sumerian literature that we have has been recovered from clay tablets. These compositions were likely transmitted orally as well as a scribal one - many of these compositions would have been known by many of the illiterate majority of the Sumerian civilization. Although most of the literary works that refer to an identifiable historical event or king refer to events from the 23rd to 19th century BC, almost all of the tablets we have are from the 18th century BC or later, which makes dating any particular composition difficult.
 * c. 26th century BC: Kesh temple hymn
 * c. 26th century BC: Instructions of Shuruppak
 * c. 23rd century BC The Exaltation of Inanna,Temple Hymns,Hymn to Nanna, Inanna and Ebih are credited to Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon of Akkad. However, the copies we have of the works attributed to her are not written in the Old Sumerian language and were all written down over six centuries after her death, so it's not possible to definitively say whether or not she had a hand in composing any of them.
 * Sumerian king list

According to the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature the literature of Ancient Sumer can be divided by type: Literary catalogs, Narrative and Mythological Compositions, Historical Compositions, Epic Poems and Myths, Letters, Hymns, Heterogeneous compositions including Dialogues and Debates, and Proverbs. Hymns Heterogenous Literature
 * Narratives featuring deities from the Sumerian pantheon such as Enki,Enlil,Inanna,Dumuzid, and Ninurta
 * Letter Prayers
 * Hymns to Inanna, Inanna and Dumuzid, Nanna, and Ninurta

New Works

 * Tale of the Court of King Cheops
 * King Neferkare and General Sasenet
 * The Eloquent Peasant
 * Story of Sinuhe
 * Tale of the shipwrecked sailor
 * Maxims of Ptahhotep
 * Instructions of Kagemni
 * Teaching for King Merykare
 * Instructions of Amenemhat
 * Instruction of Hardjedef
 * Loyalist Teaching
 * ''Instructions of Amenemope'
 * Admonitions of Ipuwer
 * Prophecy of Neferti
 * Dispute between a man and his Ba
 * Harper's Song
 * Praise Poems for Ur-Nammu, Shulgi, Amar-Sin,Shu-Sin, Ibbi-Sin
 * The Code of Ur-Nammu is attributed to Ur-Nammu, founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur
 * c.22nd century BC-21st century BC: The Correspondence of the Kings of Ur
 * c.21st century BC: Enmerkar and Lugalbanda: Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta and Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana as well as two tales of Lugalbanda during Enmerkar's campaign against Aratta:'Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave and Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird''
 * c.21st century BC:*Stories from the Epic of Gilgamesh:Gilgamesh and Huwawa, Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven, Gilgamesh and Aga, Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Netherworld, and The Death of Gilgamesh.
 * c.21st century BC: Lament for Ur, Lament for Sumer and Ur, Lament for Nippur, Lament for Uruk, Lament for Eridu
 * Code of Lipit-Ishtar
 * Praise poems for kings of the Isin dynasty - Ishbi-Erra, Shu-Ilishu, Iddin-Dagan, Ishme-Dagan, Lipit-Ishtar, Ur-Ninurta, Bur-Suen, Enlil-bani
 * Praise poems for kings of the Larsa dynasty - Gungunum, Sin-Iddinam, Sin-Iqisham, Warad-Sin, Rim-Sin
 * Code of Hammurabi
 * Praise poems for kings of the First Dynasty of Babylon - Hammurabi, Samsu-iluna, Abi-Eshuh
 * c. 1600 BC: Sumerian creation myth
 * Sumerian scribal education focused on a curriculum called the Decad. Manuscripts of these ten texts are some of the best preserved sumerian literature.
 * Sumerian disputations - Song of the hoe, Debate between Bird and Fish, Debate between Hoe and Plough,Debate between sheep and grain, Debate between Winter and Summer, Debate between Tree and Reed, Debate between Copper and Silver, Debate between Date Plam and Tamarisk
 * Anthologies of proverbs as well as proverbs from Nippur, Susa, Urim, and Uruk
 * 1950 Akkadian Laws of Eshnunna


 * 1850 Akkadian Kultepe texts
 * 1800 Akkadian Enûma Eliš
 * 1780 Akkadian Mari letters, including the Epic of Zimri-Lim
 * 1700 Akkadian Atra-Hasis epic
 * 1700 Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh
 * 1600 Akkadian Eridu Genesis
 * 1500 Akkadian Legend of Etana

16th to 11th century BC
The Literature of the Late Bronze Age in the Ancient Near East, and of the Early Vedic Period in India

Ancient Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt Middle Egyptian, the spoken language of the Middle Kingdom, became a classical language during the New Kingdom (16th century BC to 11th century BC), when the vernacular language known as Late Egyptian first appeared in writing. Some genres of Middle Kingdom literature, such as "teachings" and fictional tales, remained popular in the New Kingdom. Scribes of the New Kingdom canonized and copied many literary texts written in Middle Egyptian, which remained the language used for oral readings of sacred hieroglyphic texts. New stories were also written, such as the the Quarrel of Apepi and Seqenenre, The Taking of Joppa, Tale of the doomed prince, Tale of Two Brothers, and the Report of Wenamun.

Epistles were also written during all three dynasties of the New Kingdom. While letters to the dead had been written since the Old Kingdom, the writing of petition letters in epistolary form to deities began in the Ramesside Period, becoming very popular during the Persian and Ptolemaic periods. The epistolary Satirical Letter of Papyrus Anastasi I written during the Nineteenth dynasty was a pedagogical and didactic text that employs sarcasm and irony. to enhance the teaching.

Poems were also written to celebrate kingship. For example, at the Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, Thutmose III (r. 1479–1425 BC) of the Eighteenth dynasty erected a stela commemorating his military victories in which the gods bless Thutmose in poetic verse and ensure for him victories over his enemies. Modern historians consider that some biographical—or autobiographical—texts are important historical documents. For example, the biographical stelas of military generals in tomb chapels built under Thutmose III provide much of the information known about the wars in Syria and Palestine. However, the annals of Thutmose III, carved into the walls of several monuments built during his reign, such as those at Karnak, also preserve information about these campaigns. The annals of Ramesses II (r. 1279–1213 BC), recounting the Battle of Kadesh against the Hittites include, for the first time in Egyptian literature, a narrative epic poem, distinguished from all earlier poetry, which served to celebrate and instruct. Besides the glorification of kings, poems were written to honor various deities, and even the Nile. The vast majority of autobiographical texts are dedicated to scribal bureaucrats, but during the New Kingdom some were dedicated to military officers and soldiers.

Assyria

 * Middle Assyrian Empire
 * Hittite
 * Ugarit

Hittite

 * 1750 Hittite Anitta text
 * 1600 Hittite Code of the Nesilim
 * 1500 Hittite military oath

Ugaritic
On excavation of the city of Ugarit at Ras Shamra, Syria, several deposits of cuneiform clay tablets were found; all dating from the last phase of Ugarit, around 1200 BCE. Approximately 1,500 texts and fragments have been found to date, all of which have been dated to the 13th and 12th centuries BCE. The most famous of the Ugarit texts are the approximately fifty epic poems. The most important literary document recovered from Ugarit is arguably the Baal Cycle, describing the basis for the religion and cult of the Canaanite Baal; the two other particularly well known texts are the Legend of Keret and the Tale of Aqhat.

The tablets have been used by scholars of the Hebrew Bible to clarify Biblical Hebrew texts and have revealed ways in which the cultures of ancient Israel and Judah found parallels in the neighboring cultures. The tablets reveal parallels with Israelite practices described in the Bible; for example, Levirate marriage, giving the eldest son a larger share of the inheritance, and redemption of the first-born son were practices common to the people of Ugarit as well.
 * 1500 Akkadian Poor Man of Nippur
 * 1500 Akkadian Dynasty of Dunnum
 * 1400 Akkadian Marriage of Nergal and Ereshkigal
 * 1400 Akkadian Autobiography of Kurigalzu
 * 1400 Akkadian Amarna letters

11th to 8th century BC

 * c.1200-1000 BC: The Rig Veda reaches it's final form some time around these centuries, based on archaeological estimates and the beginnings of the Iron age in India . The earliest poems of Mandala II-Mandala VII may date as far back as five or six generations before the final poems in Mandala X
 * 1043 BCE - the earliest genuine portions of the Book of Documents, the five Zhou Pronouncements

New Works

 * Rigveda Samhita
 * Classic of Poetry (Shījīng),
 * Classic of Documents (Shūjīng) (authentic portions),
 * Classic of Changes (I Ching)

8th to 5th century BC
The Eighth to Fifth Centuries BC in correspond to: the archaic and beginnings of the classical period in Greece, the Spring and Autumn period in China, the pre-buddhist vedic religion and foundations of buddhism and jainism in India, and the monarchic, exilic, and early persian period in Ancient Judea.

People

 * Ancient Greece
 * The earliest of the Pre-socratic philosophers - Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, Pythagoras, Xenophanes, Heraclitus, Parmenides
 * The Seven Sages of Greece
 * All but one of the Nine Lyric Poets later canonized in Alexandria flourished in the 7th and 6th century - Alcman, Sappho, Alcaeus of Mytilene, Anacreon, Stesichorus, Simonides, Ibycus, Bacchylides
 * Elegiac and Iambic Poets - Tyrtaeus, Theognis, Solon, Mimnermus, Callinus, Semonides of Amorgos, Archilochus, Hipponax
 * Kingdom of Judah
 * Achamenid Empire
 * Later Vedic period in Ancient India
 * Spring and Autumn Period in Chinese literature
 * Laozi, traditional and semi-legendary founder of Taoism, is said to have been born in the State of Chu
 * Confucius, traditional compiler of the Five Classics and founder of Confucianism, is born in the State of Lu

Events

 * 534: Thespis performs the first Ancient Greek tragedy at the City Dionysia in Athens.

New Works

 * c. 800-500 BC:
 * Oldest parts of the Books of Nahum, Hosea, Amos, Isaiah
 * The Chandogya and Brihadaranyaka, the oldest of the Principal Upanishads
 * The Homeric Hymns, excluding the much later Hymn to Ares
 * c. 750-650 BC:
 * The Iliad and the Odyssey, traditionally attributed to Homer are written as part of the Epic Cycle documenting the legendary Trojan war.
 * Hesiod: The Theogony and Works and Days
 * c. 700 BC: Carmen Saliare
 * c. mid-6th century BC: Pherecydes of Syros writes the first prose work in Greek, a cosmogony whose title may have been Pentemychos.
 * c. late 6th century BCE
 * Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ)
 * Heraclitus:  On Nature

People

 * Classical period in Ancient Greece
 * Ancient Greek drama
 * Ancient Greek tragedy: Aeschylus, Sophocles,Euripides
 * Old Comedy: Aristophanes, Hermippus, Eupolis
 * Ancient Greek philosophy
 * Socrates
 * Atomists: Leucippus, Democritus
 * Eleatic School - Zeno, Melissus
 * Ancient Greek poetry
 * Ancient Greek history
 * Herodotus
 * Thucydides
 * Ancient Greek rhetoric
 * Warring states period in Ancient China
 * Ancient India
 * Gautama Buddha

Events

 * Early 5th century BCE: Parmenides of Elea writes his work On Nature, a philosophical poem that survives in a fragmentary state.
 * c.498-444 BCE: Pindar composes his victory odes for the Olympian, Pythian, Nemean and Isthmian games, his only poems that survive in complete form.
 * 472 BCE: The Persians, the first extant tragedy produced by Aeschylus, and the only extant Ancient Greek tragedy based on a historical theme, wins first prize at the City Dionysia in Athens.
 * c. 470 BCE: Spring and Autumn Annals (Chūnqiū) (722–481 BCE, chronicles of the state of Lu)
 * 468 BCE: Sophocles beats Aeschylus for the first time at the City Dionysia, winning the first prize.
 * 467 BCE: Aeschylus's extant play Seven Against Thebes wins first prize at the City Dionysia.
 * c. 460-455 BCE: Thucydides, author of the earliest extant work of historiography, History of the Peloponnesian War, is born in Athens.
 * 458 BCE: Aeschylus' Oresteia, the only completely extant trilogy of Ancient Greek drama, wins first prize at the City Dionysia
 * 456 or 455 BCE: Aeschylus dies in Gela, allegedly when a bird drops a tortoise on his head.
 * 449 BCE:The Law of the Twelve tables is published in the Forum in Rome.
 * 438 BCE: Pindar, youngest of the Nine Lyric Poets, dies
 * 431-405 BCE: The Peloponnesian war, the subject of Thucydides' history and many of Aristophanes' comedies, is fought between Athens and Sparta.
 * c.429 BCE: Sophocles' extant play Oedipus Rex was first performed at the City Dionysia.
 * 409 BCE: Sophocles' extant play Philoctetes wins first prize at the City Dionysia.

New Works

 * Pindar - Victory Odes
 * Aeschylus - The Persians, Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliants, Prometheus Bound (attributed)
 * Sophocles - Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, Oedipus at Colonus, Amphiaraus Amycos Satyrykos Epigoni Ichneutae Odysseus Acanthoplex Tereus Triptolemos
 * Euripedes: Alcestis, Medea, Heracleidae, Hippolytus, Andromache, Hecuba, The Suppliants, Electra, Heracles, Trojan Women, Iphigeneia in Tauris, Ion, Helen, Phoenician Women, Orestes, Bacchae, Iphigeneia at Aulis, Cyclops, Rhesus
 * Aristophanes:The Acharnians, The Knights, The Clouds, The Wasps, Peace, The Birds, Plutus
 * Herodotus: The Histories
 * Thucydides
 * Confucius - Spring and Autumn Annals(attributed)

Births

 * 497 or 496 BCE: Sophocles is born
 * c.484 BCE: Herodotus of Hallicarnassus, author of the earliest extant prose work in Greek, The Histories

Deaths

 * c.425 BCE: Herodotus
 * 406 or 405 BCE: Sophocles
 * 400 BCE: Thucydides

Events

 * 399 BCE: Socrates is found guilty of impiety and executed in Athens.
 * 387 BCE: Plato founds the [[Platonic Academy|Academy], in Athens.


 * 335 BCE: Aristotle founds the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens.
 * 327 to 325 BCE: Pyrrho of Elis travels to Ancient India with Alexander the Great

New Works

 * c. 387-347 BCE: Plato: see Dialogues of Plato
 * c. 370-354 BCE: Xenophon: see ''Xenophon
 * c. 363-330 BCE: *Demosthenes: see Works of Demosthenes
 * c. 335-322 BCE: Aristotle: see Corpus Aristotelicum

Confucius:

Mencius
 * The Book of Lord Shang (Shāng jūn shū), Shenzi
 * Mozi: Mozi (book) (Mòzǐ)
 * Zhuangzi: Zhuangzi (book)
 * Zuo Traditions (Zuǒzhuàn)
 * Guo Yu, Zhan Guo Ce, ''Yi Zhou Shu

Deaths
c.318 BCE: Demades, an athenian orator and rival of Demosthenes
 * 390 BCE: Andocides, one of the Ten Attic Orators
 * c. 380 BCE: Lysias, one of the Ten Attic Orators
 * 338 BCE: Isocrates, one of the Ten Attic Orators
 * 324 BCE: Lycurgus, one of the Ten Attic Orators
 * 322 BCE:
 * Demosthenes, one of the Ten Attic Orators
 * Hypereides, one of the Ten Attic Orators
 * 314 BCE: Aeschines, one of the Ten Attic Orators


 * Antiphon
 * Dinarchus

Ancient Rome

 * Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis (Linen Book of Zagreb)
 * Lucius Livius Andronicus (c. 280/260 BCE — c. 200 BCE), founder of Roman drama
 * Gnaeus Naevius (ca. 264 — 201 BCE), dramatist, epic poet, latin translator of Homer
 * Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254 — 184 BCE), dramatist, composer of comedies: Poenulus, Miles Gloriosus, and other plays
 * Terence (195/185 BCE — 159 BCE), comic dramatist: The Brothers, The Girl from Andros, Eunuchus, The Self-Tormentor
 * Quintus Ennius (239 BCE — c. 169 BCE), poet
 * Marcus Pacuvius (ca. 220 BCE — 130 BCE), tragic dramatist, poet
 * Statius Caecilius (220 BCEE — 168/166 BCE), comic dramatist
 * Marcius Porcius Cato (234 BCE — 149 BCE), generalist, topical writer

Ancient Greece
Stories from the 1st millennium BC written in Demotic include the story of the Famine Stela (set in the Old Kingdom, although written during the Ptolemaic dynasty) and short story cycles of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods that transform well-known historical figures such as Khaemweset (Nineteenth Dynasty) and Inaros (First Persian Period) into fictional, legendary heroes. Autobiographical texts of the Late Period place a greater stress upon seeking help from deities than acting righteously to succeed in life. Whereas earlier autobiographical texts exclusively dealt with celebrating successful lives, Late Period autobiographical texts include laments for premature death, similar to the epitaphs of ancient Greece.
 * Library of Alexandria
 * Demetrius of Phalerum,
 * Zenodotus
 * Apollonius Rhodius
 * Eratosthenes
 * Aristophanes of Byzantium
 * Aristarchus of Samothrace

Egyptian prophetic literature also underwent a revival during the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty and Roman period of Egypt with works such as the Demotic Chronicle, Oracle of the Lamb, Oracle of the Potter, and two prophetic texts that focus on Nectanebo II (r. 360–343 BC) as a protagonist. Along with "teaching" texts, these reflective discourses (key word mdt) are grouped with the wisdom literature category of the ancient Near East.

Births and Deaths

 * Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius of Perga
 * Apollonius of Rhodes: Argonautica
 * Callimachus (310/305-240 B.C.), lyric poet

Poetry
 * Philitas of Cos, Theocritus, Moschus, Bion
 * Theophrastus: Enquiry into Plants
 * Zeno of Citium
 * Epicurus
 * Menander: Dyskolos
 * Manetho: Aegyptiaca
 * Diodorus Siculus
 * Dionysius of Hallicarnassus
 * Book of Wisdom
 * Septuagint

China

 * Legalism: Shang Yang:, Hanfeizi
 * Yanzi chunqiu
 * Lushi Chunqiu
 * Tao Te Ching

Births

 * 195 or 185 BCE: Terence, comic dramatist
 * 170 BCE: Lucius Accius (170 BCE — c. 86 BCE), tragic dramatist, philologist
 * c. 160s BCE: Gaius Lucilius (c. 160's BCE — 103/2 BCE), satirist
 * 130 BCE: Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus (130 BCE — 87 BCE), orator, tragic dramatist
 * 121 BCE: Lucius Cornelius Sisenna (121 BCE — 67 BCE), historian
 * c. late 2nd century BCE Lucius Pomponius Bononiensis, comic dramatist, satirist
 * c. late 2nd century BCE Lucius Afranius, comic dramatist

Deaths

 * c. 159 BCE Terence, comic dramatist, disappeared
 * Gaius Lucilius (c. 160's BCE — 103/2 BCE), satirist

New Works

 * c. 2nd century BCE: Dong Zhongshu - ** Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals (original parts)
 * c. 178BCE: Fu Sheng - New Text compilation of the Book of Documents
 * 166 BCE: Terence - Andria (The Girl from Andros)
 * 165 BCE: Terence - Hecyra (The Mother-in-Law)
 * c. 164 BCE: Book of Daniel
 * 163 BCE: Terence - Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor)
 * 161 BCE: Terence - Phormio, Eunuchus
 * 160 BCE: Adelphoe (The Brothers)
 * c.159 BCE - Liu An: Huainanzi
 * Polybius: The Histories
 * Ben Sira - Book of Sirach
 * c.100 BCE: Sima Qian: Records of the Grand Historian (Shǐjì)

New Works

 * Cicero: Catiline Orations, Pro Caelio, Dream of Scipio
 * Julius Caesar: Gallic Wars, Civil War
 * Lucretius: On the Nature of Things
 * Virgil: Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid
 * Ovid: Metamorphoses; also Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto written during his exile
 * Liu Xiang - Xunzi, Classic of Filial Piety, Classic of Rites (Lǐjì)
 * Liu Xin - Guliang, Gongyang
 * Analects (Lúnyǔ)

China

 * Ban Gu: Book of Han (Hànshū)

Roman Empire

 * Livy: History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita)
 * Petronius: Satyricon
 * Seneca the Younger: Phaedra, Dialogues
 * Pliny the Elder: Natural History
 * Statius: Thebaid; also Silvae and unfinished Achilleid
 * Philo of Alexandria
 * Josephus: The Jewish War, Antiquities of the Jews, Against Apion

New Works

 * Ptolemy: Almagest
 * Nicomachus,
 * Lucian: True History
 * Plutarch: Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans
 * Tacitus: Germania
 * Suetonius: Lives of the Twelve Caesars
 * Epictetus and Arrian: Enchiridion, Arrian: Anabasis Alexandri,
 * c. 180: Marcus Aurelius: Meditations
 * Tertullian: Apologeticus
 * Apuleius: The Golden Ass
 * Lucius Ampelius: Liber Memorialis
 * The books of the New Testament of the Christian Bible and the Apostolic Fathers collection

Roman Empire

 * Neoplatonism -
 * Plotinus: Enneads
 * Porphyry, Iamblichus, Julian

Persia

 * Persian:
 * Cyrus Cylinder
 * Avesta
 * DNa inscription
 * Avestan: Vendidad
 * Pahlavi:
 * Yadegar-e Zariran (Memorial of Zarēr)
 * Visperad
 * Drakht-i Asurig (The Babylonian Tree)
 * Pahlavi: Mani: Shabuhragan (Manichaean holy book)
 * Avestan: Khordeh Avesta (Zoroastrian prayer book)
 * Pahlavi:
 * Matigan-i Hazar Datistan (The Thousand Laws of the Magistan)
 * Frahang-i Oim-evak (Pahlavi-Avestan dictionary)

Roman Empire
Theon of Alexandria, Hypatia Diophantus of Alexandria,
 * Distichs of Cato
 * Latin: see Late Latin
 * Augustine of Hippo: Confessions, On Christian Doctrine
 * Faltonia Betitia Proba: Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi ("A Virgilian Cento Concerning the Glory of Christ")
 * Apicius (De re coquinaria, "On the Subject of Cooking")
 * Pervigilium Veneris ("Vigil of Venus")
 * Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus: De Re Militari
 * Augustine of Hippo: The City of God
 * Paulus Orosius: Seven Books of History Against the Pagans
 * Jerome: Vulgate
 * Prudentius: Psychomachia
 * Consentius's grammar
 * Pausanias: Description of Greece
 * Five Greek Novels:
 * Longus: Daphnis and Chloe
 * Athenaeus: The Banquet of the Learned
 * The New Academy
 * Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite: De Coelesti Hierarchia (Περὶ τῆς Οὐρανίας Ἱεραρχίας, "On the Celestial Hierarchy"), Mystical Theology
 * Socrates of Constantinople: Historia Ecclesiastica

China

 * Chen Shou: Records of Three Kingdoms (Sānguó Zhì)
 * Zhang Hua: Bowuzhi
 * Bao Zhao: Fu on the Ruined City (蕪城賦, Wú chéng fù)
 * Fan Ye: Book of the Later Han (後漢書, Hòuhànshū)

6th century

 * Latin: Boethius, De consolatione philosophiae ("The Consolation of Philosophy", 524), widely considered to be the last work of classical philosophy
 * Syriac: Aphrahat, Ephrem the Syrian
 * Arabic literature
 * Antarah ibn Shaddad
 * Aramaic literature (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic)
 * Babylonian Talmud
 * Byzantine literature
 * PG 86a: Presbyter Timothy of Constantinople, Joannes Maxentius, Theodorus Lector, Procopius Deacon of Tyre, Theodorus Bishop of Scythopolis, Presbyter Timothy of Jerusalem, Theodosius I of Alexandria, Eusebius of Alexandria, Eusebius of Emesa, Gregentius of Taphar, Patriarch Epiphanius of Constantinople, Isaac of Nineveh, Barsanuphius of Palestine, Eustathius monk, Emperor Justinian, Agapetus the Deacon, Leontius Byzantinus
 * PG 86b: Leontius Byzantinus (continuation), Patriarch Ephraim of Antioch, Paulus Silentiarius, Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople, Evagrius Scholasticus, Eulogius of Alexandria, Simeon Stylites the Younger, Patriarch Zacharias of Jerusalem, Patriarch Modestus of Jerusalem, Anonymous on the siege of Jerusalem by the Persians, Jobius, Erechthius Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia, Peter Bishop of Laodicea.
 * Secret History by Procopius
 * Chinese literature (Early Middle Chinese)
 * Emperor Jianwen of Liang
 * Thousand Character Classic
 * Latin literature (see Late Latin)
 * Chronicle of Fredegar
 * Commentary on Job by Pope Gregory I
 * Etymologiae by Isidore of Seville
 * Historia Francorum by Gregory of Tours
 * The Origin and Deeds of the Goths by Jordanes
 * Patrologia Latina vols 63-80: Boetius, Ennodius Felix, Trifolius presbyter, Hormisdas I, Elpis, Boetius, Fulgentius Ruspensis, Felix IV, Bonifacius II, Benedictus pater monachorum Occidentalium, Dionysius Exiguus, Viventiolus Lugdunensis, Trojanus Santonensis, Pontianus Africae, Caesarius Arelatensis, Fulgentius Ferrandus, Primasius Adrumetanus, Arator, Nicetius Trevirensis, Aurelianus Arelatensis, Cassiodorus, Gregorius Turonensis, Pelagius II, Joannes II, Benedictus I, Gregorius I, Eutropius Episcopus, Gregorius I, Paterius (Notarius Gregorii I), Alulfus Tornacensis, Maximus Caesaraugustanus Episcopus, Eutropius Episcopus, Tarra Monachus, Dinothus Abbas, Dynamus Patricius, Augustinus Apostolus Anglorum, SS Bonifacius IV, Concilium Romanum III, Bulgaranus, Paulus Emeritanus Diaconus, Tamaius De Vargas. Thomas, Gondemarus Rex Gothorum, Marcus Cassinensis, Warnaharius Lingonensis Episcopus, Columbanus Hibernus
 * Agathias
 * Evagrius Scholasticus
 * Pahlavi literature
 * Borzūya

7th century

 * Arabic language
 * Qur'an


 * Byzantine literature
 * PG 87a-87b: Procopius of Gaza
 * PG 87c: Procopius of Gaza, Joannes Moschus, Sophronius, Alexander monk
 * PG 88: Cosmas Indicopleustes, Constantine the Deacon, Joannes Climacus, Agathias Myrinæ, Gregory Bishop of Antioch, Joannes Jejunator (Patriarch John IV of Constantinople), Dorotheus the Archimandrite
 * PG 89: Anastasius Sinaita, Anastasius of Antioch, Anastasius Abbot of Euthymius, Anastasius IV Patriarch of Antioch, Antiochus of Sabe
 * PG 90: Maximus the Abbot
 * PG 91: Maximus the Confessor, Thalassius the Abbot, Theodore of Raithu
 * PG 92: Paschal Chronicle, George Pisides
 * PG 93: Olympiodorus Deacon of Alexandria, Hesychius, Leontius Bishop of Neapolis in Cyprus, Leontius of Damascus
 * Latin literature
 * Chronicon Paschale
 * Origo Gentis Langobardorum
 * Patrologia Latina vols. 80-89: Aileranus Scoto Hibernus, Ethelbertus Anglorum, SS Adeodatus I, Sisebutus Gothorum, Bertichramnus Cenomanensis, Protandius Vesuntinus Archiepiscopus, SS Bonifacius V, Sonniatus Rhemensis Archiepiscopus, Verus Ruthenensis Episcopus, Chlotarius II Francorum Rex, SS Honorius I, Dagobertus Francorum Rex, Hadoinudus Cenomanensis Episcopus, Sulpicius Bituricensis Episcopus, Autbertus Cameracensis, SS Ioannes IV, Eutrandus Ticinensis Diaconus, Victor Carthaginensis Episcopus, Braulio Caesaraugustiani, Taio Caesaraugustianus Episcopus, Isidorus Hispalensis, Liturgia Mozarabica, Venantius Fortunatus, Crisconius Africanus, Sergius I, Joannes VI, Felix Ravennatensis, Bonifacius Moguntinus
 * Hiberno-Latin
 * Hisperica Famina
 * Old English literature
 * Cædmon: Cædmon's Hymn
 * Middle Chinese (see Tang Dynasty Chinese writers)
 * Bianji (辯機)
 * Li Dashi (李大師, 570–628)
 * Yan Shigu (顏師古, 581–645)
 * Chu Suiliang (褚遂良, 597–658)
 * Fang Xuanling (Fang Qiao, 房喬 579–648)
 * Li Qiao (李嶠, 644–713)
 * Li Jing (李靖, 571–649)
 * Li Baiyao (李百藥, 564–647)
 * Li Chunfeng (李淳風, 602–670)
 * Liu Zhiji (劉知幾, 661–721)
 * Luo Binwang (駱賓王, c. 640–684)
 * Ouyang Xun (歐陽詢, 557–641)
 * Sun Simiao (孫思邈, 581–682)
 * Yu Shinan (虞世南, 558–638)
 * Wei Zheng (魏徵, 580–643)
 * Sun Guoting (孫過庭, 646–691)
 * Armenian
 * Sebeos
 * John Mamikonean
 * Anania Shirakatsi
 * Ge'ez
 * Garima Gospels

Events

 * Ecgbert, Archbishop of York c.732–766, establishes a notable library in the Northumbrian city of York.

New Works

 * Byzantine literature
 * PG 94–95: John of Damascus
 * PG 96: John of Damascus, John of Nicæa, Patriarch John VI of Constantinople, Joannes of Eubœa
 * PG 97: John Malalas (6th century), Andrew of Crete, Elias of Crete and Theodore Abucara
 * PG 98: Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople, Cosmas of Jerusalem, Gregory of Agrigento, Anonymus Becuccianus, Pantaleon Deacon of Constantinople, Adrian monk, Epiphanius Deacon of Catania, Pachomius monk, Philotheus monk, Patriarch Tarasios of Constantinople
 * PG 99: Theodore of Studion
 * Latin literature
 * Bede (Patrologia Latina vols. 90-95), Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum etc.
 * Anonymous, Vita Sancti Cuthberti
 * Stephen of Ripon, Vita Sancti Wilfrithi
 * Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum
 * John of Damascus
 * Patrologia Latina vols. 96-101  Hildefonsus Toletanus, Julianus Toletanus, Leo II, Carolus Magnus, Ludovicus I, Lotharius, Rudolphus I, Paulinus Aquileiensis, Theodorus Cantuariensis, Alcuinus
 * Navigatio sancti Brendani abbatis (Voyage of St Brendan the abbot)
 * 'Codex Amiatinus', earliest surviving complete manuscript of the Vulgate, produced at Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey and gifted in 716 to the Pope
 * Celtic literature
 * Immram Brain (maic Febail) (The Voyage of Bran [son of Febail])
 * Immram Maele Dúin (Voyage of Máel Dúin)
 * Arabic literature
 * Ibn Ishaq
 * Khalil ibn Ahmad
 * Wahb ibn Munabbih
 * Ibn al-Muqaffa'
 * Middle Chinese (see Tang Dynasty Chinese writers)
 * Du Huan (杜環, fl. 8th century)
 * Du You (杜佑, 735–812)
 * Li Bai (李白, 701–762)
 * Liu Zhi (劉秩, fl. 8th century)
 * Lu Yu (陸羽, 733–804), The Classic of Tea (茶經, chájīng, c. 760–62)
 * Qian Qi (錢起, 710–782)
 * Sima Zhen (司馬貞, fl. 8th century)
 * Wang Wei (王維, 699–759)
 * Yi Xing (一行, 683–727)
 * Japanese literature
 * Man'yōshū (万葉集) compiled by Ōtomo no Yakamochi (大伴 家持)
 * Kannada: see Rashtrakuta literature
 * Old Georgian: The Life of Saint Nino, The Martyrdom of Abo Tbileli

9th century

 * Byzantine literature
 * PG 100: Patriarch Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Stephen Deacon of Constantinople, Gregory of Decapolis, Patriarch Christopher I of Alexandria, Patriarch Methodios I of Constantinople
 * PG 101–103: Photius of Constantinople
 * PG 104: Photius of Constantinople, Petrus Siculus, Peter bishop of Argos (Saint Peter the Wonderworker), Bartholomew of Edessa
 * PG 105: Nicetas of Paphlagonia, Nicetas Byzantius, Theognostus monk, Anonymous, Joseph the Hymnographer


 * Latin literature
 * Carolingian minuscule calligraphy begins to be developed; Martianus Hiberniensis (819–75) is among the pioneers
 * Stuttgart Psalter (c. 820), Golden Psalter of St. Gallen
 * Annales Bertiniani (830–882), Abbey of Saint Bertin, Saint-Omer, France
 * According to history-book of Tāriḵ-e Sistān (History of Sistan), the first Persian qasida is written by Moḥammad bin Wasif in praise of Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar in c. 872.
 * De bellis Parisiacae urbis (The Wars of the City of Paris), in Latin, by Abbo Cernuus (890s)
 * Liber Pontificalis
 * Patrologia Latina vols. 102–132: Smaragdus S. Michaelis, Benedictus Anianensis, Sedulius Scotus, Agobardus Lugdunensis, Eginhardus, Claudius Taurinensis, Ludovicus Pius, Theodulfus Aurelianensis, Eigil Fuldensis, Dungalus reclusus, Ermoldus Nigellus, Symphosius Amalarius, Gregorius IV, Sergius II, Jonas Aurelianensis, Freculphus Lexoviensis, Frotharius Tullensis, Rabanus Maurus, Walafridus Strabo, the Glossa Ordinaria, Leo IV, Benedictus III, Eulogius Toletanus, Prudentius Trecensis, Angelomus Lexoviensis, Haymo Halberstatensis, Nicolaus I, Florus Lugdunensis, Lupus Ferrariensis, Paschasius Radbertus, Ratramnus Corbeiensis, Aeneas Parisiensis, Remigius Lugdunensis, Wandalbertus Prumiensis, Paulus Alvarus Cordubensis, Gotteschalcus Orbacensis, Johannes Scotus Eriugena, Ado Viennensis, Usuardus Sangermanii, Carolus II Calvus, Hincmarus Rhemensis, Anastasius bibliothecarius, Isidorus Mercator, Remigius Antissiodorensis, Notkerus Balbulus, Regino Prumiensis, Hucbaldus S. Amandi
 * Vita Brendani / Betha Brenainn / Life of St. Brendan
 * Nennius (attributed), Historia Brittonum (The History of the Britons, c. 828–29)
 * Asser, Vita Ælfredi regis Angul Saxonum (The Life of King Alfred, 893)
 * Book of Kells written and illuminated in a Columban monastery in the British Isles (c. 800)


 * Old English literature (890s)
 * Alfred the Great's translations
 * Pope Gregory I's Pastoral Care, the first known book in English
 * Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy and an alliterative verse version, the Metres of Boethius
 * Blostman ("Blooms"), an anthology partly based on the Soliloquies of Augustine
 * Portions of the Vulgate Book of Exodus and the first fifty poems of the Psalter
 * Werferth's translation of Pope Gregory I's Dialogues
 * Translation of Orosius' Histories against the Pagans incorporating the narrative of Ohthere of Hålogaland
 * Translation of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People)


 * Arabic literature
 * Al-Kitāb al-muḫtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala (The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing)
 * Persian scholar Sibawayh writes the first Arabic grammar in 840.
 * Al-Baladhuri (died892)
 * Al-Jahiz (776–868/9)
 * Kitab al-Hayawan (Book of Animals)
 * Kitab al-Bukhala (Book of Misers)
 * Kitab al-Bayan wa al-Tabyin (Book of Eloquence and Demonstration)
 * Risalat mufakharat al-sudan 'ala al-bidan (Treatise on Blacks)
 * Ibn Sa'd (784–845) – Kitab Tabaqat Al-Kubra (Book of the Major Classes, biographical collection)
 * Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861–908)
 * Al-Waqidi (c. 748–822)
 * Ya'qubi (died 897/8)
 * The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, presumed to originate in this century (the oldest surviving text belongs to the 14th century)
 * Germanic
 * Þjóðólfr of Hvinir
 * Haustlöng
 * Ynglingatal
 * Þorbjörn Hornklofi
 * Glymdrápa
 * Hrafnsmál (Haraldskvæði)


 * 868: May 11 – The Diamond Sutra, the oldest known surviving dated book, is printed in China.
 * Middle Chinese (see Tang Dynasty Chinese writers)
 * Duan Chengshi (段成式, died863)
 * Han Yu (韓愈, 768–824)
 * Mo Xuanqing (莫宣卿, died 834)
 * Li Ao (李翱, 772–841)
 * Liu Yuxi (劉禹錫, 772–842)
 * Liu Zongyuan (柳宗元, 773–819)
 * Yuan Zhen (元稹, 779–831)
 * Zhang Yanyuan (張彥遠)
 * Tamil: see Chola literature
 * Kannada: see Rashtrakuta literature
 * Kavirajamarga, Royal path to poets in Kannada
 * Vaddaradhane
 * Govindsvamin
 * Shivakotiacharya
 * Armenian
 * Tovma Artsruni
 * Old Church Slavonic
 * Turkic
 * Book of Dede Korkut

DUMP
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of literature during the 6th through 9th Centuries.

The list is chronological, and does not include epigraphy or poetry. For poetry, see: 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th century in poetry. For early epigraphy, see List of languages by first written accounts.

During this period, a number of classical languages inherited from earlier epochs remain in active use (Chinese, Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, Persian, Hebrew). The same period also sees the rise of newly written vernaculars, partly replacing earlier literary languages (e.g. Old Hindi, Old French, Arabic, Germanic, Celtic, Turkic, etc.).
 * Literary Chinese in Tang China
 * Classical Sanskrit in the Middle kingdoms of India
 * Latin in Christian Europe
 * Greek in the Byzantine Empire
 * Middle Persian literature of the late Sassanid period
 * Tiberian Hebrew as written by the Masoretes
 * Classical Arabic in the Islamic Caliphate
 * Classical Armenian literature of Medieval Armenia
 * Old Georgian literature
 * Old Turkic manuscript tradition, from the 8th century
 * early Japanese literature, from the 8th century (Nara period)
 * early Ge'ez literature
 * early Dravidian (Kannada, Tamil, etc.) literature in South India
 * early Celtic manuscript traditions (Old Irish, Old Welsh)
 * early Germanic (Old High German, Old English, Old Saxon, Old Norse) literature, from the 8th century
 * Old Church Slavonic, from the 9th century

The bulk of literature in Classical Sanskrit dates to the Early Medieval period, but in most cases cannot be dated to a specific century.

The vocalized Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible developed during the 7th to 10th centuries.

The Old English Beowulf is dated to anywhere between the 8th and early 11th centuries.

Vedas

 * Veda Samhitas:
 * Rigveda
 * White Yajurveda
 * Black Yajurveda
 * Atharvaveda
 * Samaveda
 * Brahmanas
 * Shatapatha Brahmana
 * Aranyakas
 * Upanishads
 * Upanishads


 * Isha Upanishad


 * Aitareya Upanishad
 * Taittiriya Upanishad
 * Kausitaka Upanishad
 * Kenopanishad
 * Katha Upanishad
 * Prashnopanishad
 * Mundaka Upanishad
 * Māṇḍūkya Upanishad

Epics

 * Pāṇini:Aṣṭādhyāyī
 * Vyasa: Mahabharata
 * Valmiki : Ramayana

Theravada/Pali Works

 * Pali: Tipitaka
 * Sinhalese (Elu): Sīhalattakathā or Hela Atuwā (Pali commentaries of Buddhist teachings that were translated into Sinhalese after the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka)
 * Pali (Sri Lanka): Pāli Tripiṭaka (Written under the patronage of King Vattagamani of Anuradhapura in Aluhihare, Matale)
 * Pali (Sri Lanka): Mahāvaṃsa
 * Pali (Sri Lanka)
 * Buddhaghosa: Visuddhimagga (The Path of Purification)
 * Pali (Sri Lanka): Cūḷavaṃsa

Jain works

 * Vidyananda:Ashtasahasri

Mahayana Sutras

 * Asanga:Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being,[[Mahāyānasaṃgraha|[Summary of the Great Vehicle]
 * Vasubandhu:Verses on the Treasury of the Abhidharma,Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇa (Explanation of the Five Aggregates),Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇa (Explanation of the Five Aggregates),Vyākhyāyukti ("Proper Mode of Exposition"),Vādavidhi ("Rules for Debate"),Dharmadharmatāvibhāgavṛtti (Commentary on Distinguishing Elements from Reality),Madhyāntavibhāgabhāṣya (Commentary on Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes),Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkārabhāṣya (Commentary on the Ornament to the Great Vehicle Discourses)
 * Dignāga:Pramāṇa-samuccaya (Compendium of Valid Cognition),Hetucakra (The wheel of reason)

Hindu Sutras

 * Hindu Astika Sutras
 * Kanada: Vaiśeṣika Sūtra (Book on Atomism)
 * Patanjali:Patanjalatantra (medical text),Yoga sūtras''
 * Badrayana:Brahma Sutras

Drama

 * Bhāsa: Svapnavāsavadattam, Pancarātra, Pratijna Yaugandharayaanam, Pratimanātaka, Abhishekanātaka, Bālacharita, Karnabhāram, Dūtaghaṭotkaca, Chārudatta, Madhyamavyayoga and Urubhanga.
 * Aśvaghoṣa:Buddhacharita (Acts of the Buddha),Saundarananda,Sutralankara
 * Bharata Muni: Natya Shastra (A theoretical treatise on classical Indian dance and drama)
 * Manu:Manusmriti(Laws of Manu)
 * Kālidāsa (speculated): Abhijñānaśākuntalam (अभिज्ञान शाकुन्तलम्, "The Recognition of Shakuntala"), Meghadūta (मेघदूत, "Cloud Messenger"), Vikramōrvaśīyam (विक्रमोर्वशीयम्, "Urvashi Won by Valour", play)

Other

 * Sinhalese:
 * Wansaththppakāsinī (Sinhalese translation of the Pali Mahāvaṃsa)
 * Sigiriya Poems ( Poems written by visitors to the citadel of Sigiriya)

Sangam poems
 * Tolkāppiyam (grammar book)
 * Korakkar(3rd century BCE),Siddhar,Physician,Philosopher
 * Bogar(3rd century BCE)Siddhar,Physician,Yogi
 * Agattiyam
 * Tamil:
 * Tirukkural (Sacred verses)
 * Silappatikaram (The Tale of the Anklet)


 * Shulba Sutra (containing geometry related to fire-altar construction)
 * Manava Sulbasutra
 * Baudhayana sutra
 * Aryabhata: Aryabhatiya
 * Yativṛṣabha:Tiloya Panatti(Book on Cosmology and Mathematics)
 * Virahanka
 * Kātyāyana: Vārttikakāra, Śulbasūtras


 * Nirukta (technical treatise on etymology, lexical category and the semantics of Sanskrit words)
 * Pratishakhyas


 * Sushruta: Sushruta Samhita (Book on Surgery and Medicine)
 * Kapila: Samkhya-sutra, Kapilanyayabhasa, Kapila Gita, Dṛṣṭantara Yoga
 * Kashyapa Samhhita (Book on Medicine)
 * Salihotra: Shalihotra Samhita (treatise on veterinary medicine)


 * Apastamba: Apastamba Dharmasutra, Apastambha Smriti


 * Bhadrabahu: Kalpa Sūtra
 * Sarvanandi:Lokavibhaga(Text on Jain Cosmology)


 * Chankaya Arthshastra, Chanakya Neeti


 * Jaimini: Mimamsa Sutras, Jaimini Sutras, Ashvamedhika Parva
 * Pingala: Chandaḥśāstra
 * Moggaliputta-Tissa: Kathāvatthu


 * Vishnu Sharma: Panchatantra
 * Vedanga Jyotisha
 * Śabara:Sābara-bhāṣyam
 * Gunadhara:Kasayapahuda


 * Haribhadra:Anekāntajayapatākā [The Victory Banner of Anekantavada (Relativism)],Dhūrtākhyāna (The Rogue's Stories),Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya (An Array of Views on Yoga),Ṣaḍdarśanasamuccaya (Compendium of Six Philosophies)
 * Pujyapada:Iṣṭopadeśa (Divine Sermons),Sarvārthasiddhi (Attainment of Higher Goals),Jainendra Vyākaraṇa (Jainendra Grammar),Samādhitantra (Method of SelfContemplation),Daśabhaktyādisangraha (Collection of Ten Adorations),Śabdāvatāranyāsa (Arrangement of Words and their Forms)
 * Kamandaka:Nitisara(The Elements of Polity)
 * Bodhidharma:Two Entrances and Four Practices,Treatise on Realizing the Nature ,Refuting Signs Treatise
 * Bhartṛhari:Vākyapadīya(Treatise on Sanskrit grammar and linguistic philosophy),Śatakatraya(The three hundred poems of moral values)
 * SiddhasenaNyāyāvatāra,Sanmati sutra,Kalyan Mandir stotra
 * Varāhamihira:Pañcasiddhāntikā ("[Treatise] on the Five [Astronomical] Canons"),Brihat-Samhita(Great Compilation)Encylopedic Work
 * Prabhākara:Triputipratyaksavada ("Doctrine of Triple Perception")
 * Dharmakirti:Saṃbandhaparikṣhāvrtti (Analysis of Relations),Pramāṇaviniścaya (Ascertainment of Valid Cognition),Nyāyabinduprakaraṇa (Drop of Logic),Hetubindunāmaprakaraṇa (Drop of Reason),Saṃtānāntarasiddhināmaprakaraṇa (Proof of Others' Mindstreams),Vādanyāyanāmaprakaraṇa (Reasoning for Debate)
 * Praśastapāda :Padārtha-dharma-saṅgraha (Collection of Properties of Matter)
 * Bhāviveka:Heart of the Middle,Wisdom Lamp
 * Udyotakara:Nyāyavārttika(Work on logic)
 * Gaudapada:Mandukya Karika
 * Yativṛṣabha:Tiloyapannatti
 * Varāhamihira:Pancha-Siddhantika, Brihat-Samhita
 * Virahanka
 * Jatasimhanandi: Varangacharita.
 * Dharmakirti:Saṃbandhaparikṣhāvrtti, Pramāṇaviniścaya, Pramāṇavārttika kārika, PramāṇavārttikasvavrttiNyāyabinduprakaraṇa, Hetubindunāmaprakaraṇa, Saṃtānāntarasiddhināmaprakaraṇa, Vādanyāyanāmaprakaraṇa
 * Bhāviveka:Madhyamakahṛdaya-karika, Prajñāpradīpa,Wisdom Lamp (Prajñāpradīpa)
 * Śīlabhadra:Buddhabhūmivyākhyāna
 * Udyotakara:Nyāyavārttika
 * Prashastapada:Padārtha-dharma-saṅgraha, Praśastapāda Bhāṣya
 * Vishakhadatta:Mudrārākṣasa, Devichandraguptam
 * Bhatta Narayana:Venisamhara
 * Sthiramati :Ratnagotravibhāga
 * Dignāga: Pramāṇa-samuccaya, Hetucakra, Alambana-parīkṣā, Abhidharmakośa-marma-pradīpa, Trikāla-parikṣa, Nyāya-mukha
 * Gaudapada:Māṇḍukya Kārikā, Durga Saptashati Tika, Uttara Gita Bhashya, Subhagodaya,Sri Vidyaratna Sutra bhasya
 * Buddhapālita:Buddhapalitavrtti
 * Bhagavadajjukam (satirical play)
 * Brahmagupta: Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta, Khandakhadyaka, Grahaṇārkajñāna
 * Kumārila Bhaṭṭa: Shlokavartika, Tantravartika, Tuptika
 * Chandragomin: Shisyalekha, Twenty Verses on the Bodhisattva Vow, Sarvatathāgataoṣṇīṣaśitātapatrā-nāmāparājitā-mahāpratyangirā-mahāvidyārājñī-nāma-dhāraṇi
 * Bhāskara I: Āryabhaṭīyabhāṣya, Mahābhāskarīya, Laghubhāskarīya
 * Bhutabali: Satkhandagama
 * Madhava-kara: Rug-vinischaya
 * Amaru: Amaru Shataka
 * Mahendravarman I: Mattavilasa Prahasana (satire), Bhagavadajjukam
 * Haribhadra: Anekāntajayapatākā, Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya, Ashtakaprakarana, Dharmabindu, Dhūrtākhyāna, Pañcāśaka, Ṣaḍdarśanasamuccaya, Samarāiccakahā, Sāstravārtāsamuccaya, Yogabindu, Yogaśataka, Sanmatti Prakaran
 * Budhasvamin: Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha
 * Bāṇabhaṭṭa: Harshacharita, Kadambari
 * Daṇḍin: Kavyadarsha, Daśakumāracarita
 * Bhamaha: Kâvyâlankâra
 * Subandhu
 * Mayurbhatta: Surya Satakam
 * Ravisena: Padma Purana
 * Manatunga: Bhaktamara Stotra
 * Haridatta: Grahacaranibandhana
 * Jinabhadra: Brihatsangrahani, Briharkshetrasamasa, Visheshanavati, Visheshavashyaka Bhashya, Dhyanashataka, Jitkalpa Sutra
 * Gautama Siddha :Treatise on Astrology of the Kaiyuan Era
 * Prajñāvarman:Devātiśāyastotraṭīkā, Udānavargavivara, Viśeṣastavaṭikā
 * Shivamara II:Gajamathakalpana
 * Bhavabhuti:Mahaviracharita,Malatimadhava, Uttararamacarita
 * Vilwamangalam Swamiyar:Shree Krishna Karnamrutam, Sreechinham,Purushakaaram,Abhinava-Kausthubha-Maala, Dakshinaamoorthy-Sthavam,Kaalavadha Kaavyam,Durgaasthuthi,Baalakrishna Sthothram,Baalagopaala Sthuthy,Sreekrishna Varadaashtakam,Vrindaavana Sthothram,Bhaavanaamukuram,Raamachandraashtakam,Ganapathy Sthothram,Anubhavaashtakam,Mahaakaalaashtakam,Kaarkotakaashtakam,Krishnaleelaa-Vinodam,Sankara-Hridayamgamaa,Subanda-Saamraajyam,Thinganda-Saamraajyam,Kramadeepika
 * Akalanka:Laghiyastraya,Pramānasangraha,Nyāyaviniscaya-vivarana,Siddhiviniscaya-vivarana,Astasati,Tattvārtharājavārtika
 * Dharmottara:Nyāyabinduṭīkā
 * Lalla:Jyotiṣaratnakośa, Śiṣyadhīvṛddhidatantra
 * Acharya Vamana:Kavyalankara Sutra
 * Kamalaśīla: Bhāvanākrama, Madhyamālaṃkāra-panjika
 * Padmapadacharya:Pañcapādikā.
 * Śālikanātha: Prakaraṇapañcikā,Rjuvimalāpañcikā ,Dīpaśikhāpañcikā
 * Śāntarakṣita:Tattvasaṅgraha, Tattvasaṅgraha
 * Shantideva:Śikṣāsamuccaya, Bodhicaryavatara
 * Virūpa: Amṛtasiddhi
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