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*A.A. MacBonell - History of Sanskrit Literature
M. Winternitz - History of Indian Literature Vol I

D Rhodes Ref Z185 R43 - India - 1st press (or perhaps presses) arrival + was set up
at Goa in Sept or Oct 1556 the Portuguese printer
being Joao de Bustamente. By Nov. 6 1556 there is
documentary proof that the 1st book had been printed;
it was Conclusoes of Antonio de Quadros (No copy
known) 2nd book with known title appeared at Goa
in 1557. This was the Catechism of Christian Doctrine
in Portuguese compiled by St. Francis Xavier.
The 1st press ceased working in 1573.
Will Durart * - The people of northern India, about the 5th C B.C. had transformed
Sanskrit into Prakit. Prakit became for a time the language of
Buddhists + Jains, until it in turn was developed into Pali - the
language of the oldest extant Buddhist literature. By the end of the 10th
C A.D. these "Middle India" language had given birth to various
vernaculars of which the chief was Hindi. In the 12th C this in
turn generated Hindustani as the language of the northern 1/2 of
India. Finally the invading Moslems filled Hindustani with Persian
worde, there by creating a new dialect Urdu. All these were
kept its old Dravidian languages - Temil, Taluga, Kanerese +
Malayalam + Tamil became the chief literary vehicle of the
south.
Iakendar - one of the foremost heroes of Persian history. Shahrameh-Firdouisi
Khamsah of Nizami
L.A. county museum Unwan leaf from - Shehorameh.
The story of Nala + Damayanti is told in the great epic poem of
India, the Mahabharate.
Babur - the founder of the Mugal dynasty. (Baburnameh)
The Harivamsa (a geneology of the Hindu god Vishnu) compiled
around the 2nd C/A.D. Hindu epic - Ramayana
The traditional Hindu scene of creation - Brahma, the creator,
emerges on a lotus, from Vishnu's navel as he reclines on
the cosmic serpent Ananta.