Sanskrit Books and Authors in Ancient India

 

Books	Authors
Abhigyan Shakuntalam (Recognition of Shakuntala)	Kalidasa
Aihole Prasasti	Ravikirti
Amarakosha	Amarasimha
Arthashastra	Kautilya
Ashtadhyayi	Panini
Bhattikavya	Bhatti
Brihat Samhita	Varahamihira
Buddhacharita	Asvaghosa
Charaka Samhita (Compendium of Charaka)	Charaka
Devichandraguptam	Vishakhadatta
Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherd)	Jayadeva
Gatha Saptashati	Hala
Lilavati	Bhaskara II
Hammira Mahakavya	Nayachandra Suri
Janakiharana (Janaki's abduction)	Kumaradasa
Kama Sutra	Vatsyayana
Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)	Somadeva
Kiratarjuniya (Arjuna and the Kirata )	Bharavi
Kumarasambhava (Birth of the War-God)	Kumarasambhava
Mahaviracharita (Deeds of a Great Hero)	Bhavabhuti
Malati Madhava	Bhavabhuti
Malavikagnimitram	Kalidasa
Mattavilasa Prahasana (A Farce of Drunken Sport)	Mahendravarman I
Mṛcchakatika	Sudraka
Mudrarakshasa	Vishakhadatta
Mahabhasya	Patanjali
Meghaduta (Ccloud Messenger)	Kalidasa
Nagananda (Joy of the Serpens)	Harshavardhana
Naishadha Charita	Sriharsha
Natyashastra	Bharata
Nitisara	Kamandaka
Pancha-siddhantika (“Five Treatises”)	Varharmihara
Panchatantra	Vishnu Sharma
Prashnottarmalika	Amoghavarsha
Pratijnayaugandharayana	Bhasa
Priyadarsika	Harsha
Raghuvamsam	Kalidasa
Rajtarangini	Kalhana
Ramacharitam	Sandhyakar Nandi
Ratnavali	Harshavardhana
Ritusamhara (Garland of the Seasons)	Kalidasa
Shishupala Vadha (Slaying of Shishupala )	Magha
Surya Siddhanta	Aryabhata
Svapnavasavadattam (The Dream of Vasavadatta)	Bhasa
Uttararāmacarita (The Later Deeds of Rama)	Bhavabhuti
Vikramorvashi (   Urvashi Won by Valour)	Kalidasa
Vikramadevacharita	Bilhana

 

Prose Works in Sanskrit

Dashakumaracharita	Dandin
Kadambari	Harshavardhan
Harshacharita  (Deeds of Harsha)	Banabhatta
Hitopadesha (Salutary Instruction)	Narayana