Important poets of ancient Indian history

Important poets of ancient Indian history - history study material and notes

The study of Indian history is a grueling task for competitive examinations. It involves a lot of data and details about so many individuals and their contributions. All this details leads to cluttering of information in minds and confusion in exams even after going through the material thoroughly. This situation can be helped by sorting information according to various heads, and then revising it multiple times for retention in memory. As part of this effort to serialize things in Indian history, we have compiled study material and notes about important poets of ancient Indian history, for quick revision, at Gk notes for exams.

Ancient Indian literature has been a glorious pride for our civilization, showing the immense amount of talent and expertise shown by Swami. Perhaps no other part of the world has produced such a large amount of literature containing knowledge. Ancient Indian poets have attractive descriptions of their surroundings as well as various pieces of their imagination. It has also been an important source of documentation of Indian history of ancient times. But taking into account these details one has to consider that most of these poets built their works under the patronage of a ruler. Therefore, their actions are usually biased to their patrons. 

These ideas about contributions make the work of historians difficult and highly subjective. Thankfully, the questions asked in various competitive exams are usually based on the work of either the poet or his patron. Therefore, we have a list of all the important poets of ancient Indian history as part of our history studcontributions

Let us summarize with our poets about important poets and their contributions

Poet/ Author	Patron	Contribution
Vishakhadutta	Harshavardhan	Harshavardhan
Kalidasa	Chandragupta  II	Kumarasambhava , Raghuvamsa, Meghdoota, Ritusambara. His plays are Abhijan Shakuntalam, Vikramorvashi and Malvikaganimithram.
Marsha	Chandragupta II
Banabhatt/ ‘Bana’	Harshvardhan	Kadambari, Harsha Charita
Shudraka		Mrichchha Katikam
Harisena	Samudragupta II	Prayag Prashasti on Allahabad Pillar inscription
Ravikirti	Pulkesin II	Aihole inscription
Ashvaghosa	Kanishka	Buddhacharitra (a biography of Buddha), Saundarananda
Bhavabhuti	Yasovarman	Malatimadhava, Mahaviracharita
Dandin	Narsimhavarman	Dasakumaracarita, Kavyadarsa
Jinasena	Amoghavarsha	Harivamshapurana
Rajashekhar	Mahindrapala	Kavyamimamsa, and Karpuramanjari
Magha	Varmalata	Magha  Varmalata Sishupalavadha (about the killing of Shishupal)
Jayadev		Jayadev  Geet Govinda (Krishna and Radha)
Thiruvalluvar		Thirukkural
Bharavi	Yasodharman	Bharavi Yasodharman Kiratarjuniyam (about Kirat and Arjun)

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