classical Sanskrit Literature chart.

date in centuries	epics puranas and mahakavyas	prose didactic fables and popular tales	lyrics	philosophy yoga and religion	drama	alamkara and grammar	foreigners	kings	miscellaneous
10th - 4th B>C>	composition and systematisation of epics vyasa and valmiki			brahmanas upanishads aranyakas sankhya and yoga buddha and mahavir 6th cen.		panini 7th cen.	Alexander the great 326 B C.	sisunagas and nandas chandragupta maurya 322 B C	fall of the nandas and establishment of the mauryan empire in 322 B C.
3 B C	Gunadayas Paisachi Brhatkatha	Brhatkatha		Jaimini	Bharatas Natyashastra Bhasa's plays.	Natya shastra katyayana	Measthenes	Chandragupta bindusara ashika	Chanakya's arthashastra Vatsyayanas Kamasutra Pingalas Chandas
2 B C	Kalidasa Raghuvamsa and Kumarasambhava.		Meghaduta Rtusamhara gatakarpara	Patanjali, manu yajnavalkya	Shakuntala Malavikagnimitra,Vikramorvasiyam		Invasion of the greeks Menander	Brhadrata Maurya murdered 185 B C Accession of Pushyamitrasunga	Gargi samhita Astrology Barhut and sanchi stupa
1.B C				Vaiseshika sutras, Jatakas
1 A D			Hala Saptasati		Mrichechakatika		Kushan invasion
2 A D	Asvaghosa's Buddhacharita Saundara nanda							Kanishka C78-120 Rudradaman Palumayi	Girnar parasasti 130-150AD, Nasikprasasti 130-158 AD.
3 AD	Markandeya purana
4 AD	Vishnu purana vayu purana							320 AD Chandragupta,330 A D Samudragupta,375AD chandragupta 2. vikramaditya
5AD		Panchatantra Hitopadesa			Vishakadatta, Dingnaga		405 -11 Fahien	413 AD Kumara gupta	476 Aryabhata born Vatsabhatti's Mandasor inscription.
6 A D	Bharavi	Dasakumaracharita				Kavyadarshaof Dandin Bhamaha		Durvinita Gasnga	505 Varahamihara born,578 Brahmagupta born
7 A D	Bhattikavya Janakiharana	Bana Subandhu	Mayura's Suryasataka		King Harsha Ratnavali,Mahendra varmas Mattavilasaprahasana	vagbhata	6-9-45 Hiuen Tsang	Sri Harsha, Pulakesi, Mahendravarma	Harsha defeated by Pulakesi in C620, PallavamallaC 630 - 668.
8AD	Gundavaho Magha		Muka Amaru	Kumarilabhatta. Shankaracharya	Bhattanarayana, Saktibhadra, Bhavabhuti	vamana		Adisura Bengal, Yasodvarma Kanauj.
9 A D	Haravijaya, Kappanabhyudaya,Raghavapandaviiya				Murari Rajashekara	Anandavardana Rajashekara
10A D	Yasastilakachampu,Nalachampu, Madalasa champu	Vadibhasimha, Odayadeva, Dhanapala			Krishna misra,Kshemesvara	Dhananjaya
11 A D	Vikramankadeva charita, Ramayanachampu	Kathasaritasagara,Kshemendras manjaris			Bilhanas Karanasundari	Mahima bhatta	Alberuni 973-1048	Bhoja C1000-1055	Vijnanesvara the Jurist
12 A D	Hemachandra suri Mankha Poet Sriharsha	Soddhala's Udayasundari	Lilasukha Jayadeva	Ramanujacharya	Jayadeva	Hemachandra Mammata Ruyyaka	Muhammad Ghori	Prithviraj defeated in 1191 A D	Kalhana's Rajatarangini1150AD Bhaskaracharya Mathematician.
13 A D				Madhavacharya		Vidyadhara's Ekavali			Malik Kafur's invassion
14 AD	Vedanta Desika Champu Bhagavata					Vidyanathas Prataparudriya
15 AD	Gangadevi	Vamanabhatta Bana Vemabhupala			Vamanabhatta bana	Visvanatha		Vema bhupala	Mallinatha suri
16 AD
17 A D	Nilakanthavijaya champu, Venkatadhvari					Jagannatha Panditharaya		Krishna devaraya Shah Jahan