Indian art and culture / Literature, languages and sources
Tamil Sangam literature and Dravidian literatures
Concepts to cover
- Tolkappiyam, Ettuthogai (eight anthologies), Pattuppattu (ten idylls), Pathinenkilkanakku (Tirukkural), akam and puram
- Silappadikaram (Ilango Adigal) and Manimekalai (Sattanar); Sivaga Sindamani; Kalabhra-era Jain and Buddhist works
- Nalayira Divya Prabandham (Alvars, compiled by Nathamuni), Tevaram and Tirumurai (Nayanars, Nambi Andar Nambi), Kamban's Ramavataram, Siddhar poetry
- Kavirajamarga (Amoghavarsha), ratnatraya Pampa, Ponna, Ranna; vachanas of Basavanna and Akka Mahadevi; Kumaravyasa; Haridasa songs
- Telugu: kavitrayam Nannaya, Tikkana, Yerrapragada; Srinatha; Annamacharya; Krishnadeva Raya's Amuktamalyada and Peddana. Malayalam: Cherusseri, Ezhuthachan's Adhyatma Ramayanam, Manipravalam