As a part of the preparation for my trip to India, I started the versions of The Ramayana and The Mahabharata rendered into modern English prose by R. K. Narayan. I had had little exposure to Indian literature before, so this was a really pleasant surprise. Overall, they reminded me of Homer, especially The Iliad.
Indian Classics
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Be sure to read his Gods, Demons, and Others also; I think that’s actually the most engaging as an introduction.
Obviously it proves that the Ancient Indian literature and the Ancient Greek epos have the common historical origins.
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