Important Historical Books


  • Kalidasa
    • One of the gems of court of Chandragupta II
    • Malavikaagnimitra
    • Ritusamhara
    • Raghuvamsha (Kerala is mentioned in this book)
    • Kumarasambhava
    • Vikarmorvasiyam
    • Abijnanashakunthalam
    • Meghaduta
    • His name, along with that of the poet Bhāravi, is first mentioned in Aihole inscription found in Karnataka
  • Bāṇabhaṭṭa 
    • He was the poet in the court of the Emperor Harsha
    • Bāna's principal works include a biography of Harsha, the Harshacharita (The Life of Harsha) and one of the world's earliest novels, Kadambari
  • Harisena
    • Court poet of Samudragupta
    • He wrote the Prayag Prasasti or Allahabad pillar inscription
  • Sahrdayaloka-Locana is a Sanskrit treatise on poetics written by Acharya Anandvardhan
  • Ramacharitamanasa - Tulsidas
  • Tarikh e Khandan e Timuriyah also known as "Chronicle of the Descendants of Timur" is a 16th-century manuscript commissioned by Mughal Emperor Akbar
  • Shantinatha Charitra is a Sanskrit text of the Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism that describes the life of 16th tirthankara Shantinatha
    • It was written by Acharya Ajitprabhasuri
  • Sultana's Dream is a 1905 Bengali feminist utopian story in English, written by Begum Rokeya
  • Rajatarangini ("The River of Kings") is a historical chronicle of the north-western part of Indian sub-continent, particularly the kings of Kashmir
    • It was written in Sanskrit by Kashmiri historian Kalhana in the 12th century CE
  • The Panchasiddhantika, meaning "Five Astronomical Canons," is a 6th-century Sanskrit text by the Indian astronomer and astrologer Varahamihira
  • Vishakhadatta - Devichandraguptam, Mudrarakshasa 
  • Shudraka - Mrichchhakatikam, Vinavasavadatta, Padmapabhritaka
  • Bhasa - Duta-Vakya, Bala-charita
  • Kathasaritsagara - Sanskrit - Somadeva from Kashmir
  • Arthashastra – Kautilya (Chanakya)
  • Ashtadhyayi – Panini
  • Mahabhashya, Yoga Sutras – Patanjali
  • Ratnavali – Harshavardhana
  • Indica – Megasthenes
  • Panchatantra – Vishnu Sharma
  • Geet Govind – Jayadeva​
  • Abu Fazal - Akbarnama, Ain-i-Akbari
  • Al Biruni - Qyanum-i-moudis - Astronomy
  • Al Biruni - Jawahir fil jawahir - Minerology
  • Al Biruni - Kitab-ul-Hind - Indian Philosophy
  • Ziauddin Barani - Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi
  • Ziauddin Barani - Fatwa-i-Jahandari - Judicial advice on worldly affairs
  • Mutamid Khan - Iqbalnama-i-Jahangiri - Biography of Jahangir
  • Chand Bardai - Prithviraj Raso
  • Firoz Shah Tughlaq - Futuhat-i-Firozshahi - Autobiography
  • Firdausi - Shah namah
  • Jahangir - Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri
  • Hasan Nizami - Taj-ul-masir 
  • Ibn Battuta - Kitab-ul-rihla  
  • Minaj-us-siraj - Tabaqat-i-Nisari - Islamic dynasty
  • Malik Mohammed Jayasi - Padmavath
  • Abdul Hamid Lahori - Padshahnama or Badshah Nama - Official history of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan I
  • Amir Khusru - Tughlaq namah
  • Raja Todar Mal - Ain-i-Dahsala - Revenue system during Akbar
Medieval & Early Modern India
  • Satyarth Prakash – Swami Dayanand Saraswati
  • Precepts of Jesus – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • A Gift to Monotheists – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  • The Spirit of Islam – Syed Ameer Ali
  • Pather Panchali – Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay​
Modern India & Freedom Struggle
  • India Wins Freedom – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  • Hind Swaraj – Mahatma Gandhi
  • The Indian Struggle – Subhas Chandra Bose
  • Poverty and Un-British Rule in India – Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Unhappy India – Lala Lajpat Rai
  • India Divided – Dr. Rajendra Prasad
  • The Discovery of India – Jawaharlal Nehru
  • What Congress and Gandhi Have Done to the Untouchables – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
  • Ghulamgiri – Jyotirao Phule
  • The Indian War of Independence – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
  • A Nation in the Making – Surendranath Banerjee
  • Causes of the Indian Mutiny – Syed Ahmed Khan​

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