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7th century 7th century A.D. acts Alankara Anandavardhana assigned Asvaghosha authorship beauty belongs Bhagavata Bhamaha Bharata Bharavi Bhartrihari Bhasa Bhatta Bhavabhuti Bhoja Brahma Brihatkatha Buddhistic called cantos champu Chanakya Chandragupta chapters Charudatta classical composed contains court Dandin deals describes Dhvani didactic Dikshita dramatists dramaturgy Duryodhana dynasty elaborate epic episodes famous figures of speech Gita Harsha Harsha charita hero heroine Hindu historical hymns Indian Jain Jayadeva Kalhana Kalidasa Kashmir Katha Kavya king known Krishna Kshemendra later ages literary lyric Mahabharata Mahakavya Meghaduta mentioned narrated narrative original Panchatantra Pandavas Parvati patron philosopher play plot poem poet poetic poetry popular Prakrit prose Purana Rajasekhara Rakshasa Rama Ramayana Rasa Ravana reference rules Sakuntala Sanskrit drama Sanskrit literature Sastra sataka scholars sentiment Sita Siva slokas Sri Harsha Sringara stanzas story stotras style Subandhu Ujjain Valmiki Vamana Vasavadatta Vatsa Veda Vedic verses Vide Appendix Vishnu writers written wrote