Indian Classical Literature in less than 10 minutes

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Shahed Hashmi

The earliest works of Indian literature were orally transmitted. Sanskrit literature begins with the oral literature of the Rig Veda a collection of sacred hymns dating to the period 1500–1200 BCE. The Sanskrit epics Ramayana and Mahabharata appeared towards the end of the first millennium BC In this lesson we will learn about Indian language and their literature