Ancient Indian literature: 2nd-century Indian books, 7th-century Indian books, Upanishads, Panchatantra, Gopala Tapani Upanishad, Arthashastra

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: 2nd-century Indian books, 7th-century Indian books, Upanishads, Panchatantra, Gopala Tapani Upanishad, Arthashastra, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, Avadhuta Gita, List of Historic Indian Texts, Taittiriya Upanishad, Katha Upanishad, Chandogya Upanishad, Shvetashvatara Upanishad, Muktikā, Ganapati Atharvashirsa, Prashna Upanishad, Mundaka Upanishad, Mattavilasa Prahasana, Ratnavali, Mandukya Upanishad, Isha Upanishad, Nāradasmṛti, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Amarakosha, Kena Upanishad, Nagananda, Svecchachara, Avadhutaka Upanishad, Gaha Sattasai, Angustha purusha, Ashokavadana, Maitrayaniya Upanishad, Nada Bindu Upanishad, Anugita, Aitareya Upanishad, Vaishvanara, Yavaneśvara, Mukhya Upanishads, Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana, Abhinavabharati, Kali-Saṇṭāraṇa Upaniṣad, Samanya Vedanta Upanishads, Mahanarayana Upanishad, Yogatattva Upanishad, Kaushitaki Upanishad, Allopanishad, Priyadarsika. Excerpt: The Upanishads (Sanskrit: , IAST:, IPA: , Thai: อุปนิษัทฺส์) are philosophical texts considered to be an early source of Hindu religion. More than 200 are known, of which the first dozen or so, the oldest and most important, are variously referred to as the principal, main (mukhya) or old Upanishads. The oldest of these, the Brihadaranyaka, Jaiminiya Upanisadbrahmana and the Chandogya Upanishads, were composed during the pre-Buddhist era of India, while the Taittiriya, Aitareya and Kausitaki, which show Buddhist influence, must have been composed after the 5th century BCE. The remainder of the mukhya Upanishads are dated to the last few centuries BCE. New Upanishads were still composed in the medieval and early modern period: discoveries of newer Upanishads were being reported as late as 1926. One, the Upanishad, predates 1656 and contains a list of 108 canonical Upanishads, including itself as the last. However, several texts under th...