Asian Literature

A collection of Indian beast fables.

• Vedas
• Panchatantra
• The Rigveda
• Mahabharata

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A Sanskrit drama by Kalidasa that tells of a love between a king and a woman who lives in the forest.

• Panchatantra
• Ramayana
• Shakuntala
• Mahabharata

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A Sanskrit poet and dramatist who is probably the greatest writer of all time; considered as the Shakespeare of India. 

• Kalidasa
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Prem Chand
• Anita Desai

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The founder of Taoism who stressed freedom, simplicity and the mystical contemplation of nature. 

• Confucius
• Lao Tzu
• Sun Tzu
• Li Bai

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The founder of Confucianism who emphasized a code of social conduct and stressed importance of discipline, morality and knowledge. 

• Confucius
• Lao Tzu
• Sun Tzu
• Li Bai

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The story considered as the world's first true novel. 

• The Tale of Haike
• The Epic of Gilgamesh
• The Pillow Book
• The Tale of Genji

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Regarded as the greatest haiku poet. 

• Yosa Buson
• Koyabashi Issa
• Matsuo Basho
• Ryunusuke Akutagawa

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A collection of stories of which "Alladin", "Sinbad" and "Alibaba" are perhaps best known to Western readers. 

• Men In The Sun
• Zaynab
• Arabian Nights
• The Epic of Gilgamesh

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The collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius. 

• The Confucius
• The Art of War
• The Analects
• The Tang Poems

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1.  A tale of a superhuman Sumerian king who searched for everlasting life. 

• Alladin
• The Epic of Gilgamesh
• Sinbad
• One Thousand and One Nights

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