[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › Literature, language and dating # Literature, language and dating Histories of the literatures, grammar and poetics, the growth and dating of texts - **Contents:** 44 studies, 41 with text - **Words:** 7,960,158 ## Contents (44) - [The History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.weber-1878) — English; 1825–1901 CE; Albrecht Weber - [A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian Family of Languages](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.caldwell-1856) — English; Robert Caldwell - [A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.muller-1859) — English; F. Max Müller - [Panini: His Place in Sanskrit Literature (Pāṇini: His Place in Sanskrit Literature)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.goldstucker-1861) — English; Theodor Goldstücker - [A Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.beames-1872) — English; John Beames - [On the Aindra School of Sanskrit Grammarians, their Place in the Sanskrit and Subordinate Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.burnell-1875) — English; A. C. Burnell - [The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.whitney-1885) — English; 1827–1894 CE; William Dwight Whitney - [Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.oldenberg-1888) — German; 1854–1920 CE; Hermann Oldenberg - [Das Ramayana: Geschichte und Inhalt nebst Concordanz der gedruckten Recensionen (Das Rāmāyaṇa: Geschichte und Inhalt nebst Concordanz der gedruckten Recensionen)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.jacobi-1893) — German; 1850–1937 CE; Hermann Jacobi - [The Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1893) — English; Bal Gangadhar Tilak - [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896) — German; Jacob Wackernagel, Albert Debrunner - [A History of Sanskrit Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.macdonell-1900) — English; Arthur A. Macdonell - [Grammatik der Prakrit-Sprachen](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.pischel-1900) — German; R. Pischel - [The Great Epic of India: Its Character and Origin](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.hopkins-1901) — English; E. W. Hopkins - [Linguistic Survey of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.grierson-1903) — English; G. A. Grierson - [The Arctic Home in the Vedas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.tilak-1903) — English; Bal Gangadhar Tilak - [The Tamils Eighteen Hundred Years Ago](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.kanakasabhai-1904) — English; V. Kanakasabhai - [Vedic Metre in its Historical Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.arnold-1905) — English; E. Vernon Arnold - [Geschichte der indischen Litteratur](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1905) — German; M. Winternitz - [History of Bengali Language and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.sen-1911) — English; Dinesh Chandra Sen - [The Purana Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age (The Purāṇa Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.pargiter-1913) — English; F. E. Pargiter - [Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.bhandarkar-1914) — English; R. G. Bhandarkar - [Tamil Studies, or Essays on the History of the Tamil People, Language, Religion and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.srinivasa-aiyangar-1914) — English; M. Srinivasa Aiyangar - [An Account of the Different Existing Systems of Sanskrit Grammar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.belvalkar-1915) — English; 1881–1967 CE; S. K. Belvalkar - [Pali Literature and Language (Pāli Literature and Language)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.geiger-1916) — English; 1856–1943 CE; Wilhelm Geiger - [La formation de la langue marathe](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.bloch-1920) — French; Jules Bloch - [A History of Sanskrit Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920) — English; A. Berriedale Keith - [Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.de-1923) — English; Sushil Kumar De - [The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1924) — English; A. Berriedale Keith - [The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.chatterji-1926) — English; Suniti Kumar Chatterji - [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) — English; M. Winternitz - [The Pali Literature of Ceylon (The Pāli Literature of Ceylon)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.malalasekera-1928) — English; G. P. Malalasekera - [A History of Pali Literature (A History of Pāli Literature)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.law-1933) — English; 1892–1969 CE; Bimala Churn Law - [History of Classical Sanskrit Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.krishnamachariar-1937) — English; M. Krishnamachariar - [A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.kapadia-1941) — English; Hiralal Rasikdas Kapadia - [Critical Studies in the Mahabharata (V. S. Sukthankar Memorial Edition, Vol. I) (Critical Studies in the Mahābhārata (V. S. Sukthankar Memorial Edition, Vol. I))](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.sukthankar-1944) — English; 1887–1943 CE; V. S. Sukthankar - [A History of Sanskrit Literature: Classical Period, Vol. I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.dasgupta-de-1947) — English; S. N. Dasgupta, Sushil Kumar De - [History of Sanskrit Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.kane-1951) — English; 1880–1972 CE; P. V. Kane - [Studies in the Epics and Puranas (Studies in the Epics and Purāṇas)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.pusalker-1955) — English; A. D. Pusalker - [History of Tamil Language and Literature (Beginning to 1000 A.D.)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.vaiyapuri-pillai-1956) — English; S. Vaiyapuri Pillai - [On the Meaning of the Mahabharata (On the Meaning of the Mahābhārata)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.sukthankar-1957) — English; 1887–1943 CE; V. S. Sukthankar - [The Smile of Murugan: On Tamil Literature of South India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.zvelebil-1973) — English; Kamil V. Zvelebil; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [The Mahabharata, Its Genesis and Growth: A Statistical Study (The Mahābhārata, Its Genesis and Growth: A Statistical Study)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.yardi-1986) — English; M. R. Yardi; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [The Ramayana, Its Origin and Growth: A Statistical Study (The Rāmāyaṇa, Its Origin and Growth: A Statistical Study)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.yardi-1994) — English; M. R. Yardi; catalogued, text not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) · Pramāṇa