[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Prose romances (kathā and ākhyāyikā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels) › [Lost early romances known from citations](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.lupta) › Malati # Malati (Mālatī) मालती A romance praised by Bāṇa in his Harṣacarita. - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 400–599 CE - **Author:** [Bhaṭṭāra Haricandra](https://indike.org/pramana/person/haricandra) - **Text:** lost --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.lupta.malati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.lupta.malati) · Pramāṇa