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Poets & authors
From the first century to 1800, and the modern poets of the Mansarovar collection — each with representative work in the original script.
22 poets
திருவள்ளுவர்
Tiruvalluvar
c. 1st–5th c.
कालिदासः
Kalidasa
c. 4th–5th c.
भर्तृहरिः
Bhartrihari
c. 5th c.
ಬಸವಣ್ಣ
Basavanna
c. 1131–1167
जयदेवः
Jayadeva
c. 1170–1245
विद्यापति
Vidyapati
c. 1352–1448
નરસિંહ મહેતા
Narsinh Mehta
c. 1414–1481
कबीर
Kabir
c. 1440–1518
ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ
Guru Nanak
1469–1539
सूरदास
Surdas
c. 1478–1583
मीराबाई
Mirabai
c. 1498–1546
गोस्वामी तुलसीदास
Tulsidas
c. 1511–1623
रसखान
Raskhan
c. 1548–1628
बिहारीलाल
Bihari Lal
c. 1595–1663
संत तुकाराम
Sant Tukaram
c. 1608–1650
घनानन्द
Ghananand
c. 1673–1760
राष्ट्रकवि मैथिलीशरण गुप्त
Rashtrakavi Maithili Sharan Gupt
c. 1886-1964
रामधारी सिंह ‘दिनकर’
Ramdhari Singh "Dinkar"
1908-1974
मदन गोपाल सारस्वत
Madan Gopal Saraswat
1921–1982
सुधाकर श्रीवास्तव
Sudhakar Srivastava 'Sudhakar'
1949–
डॉ. पुरुषोत्तम पाटील
Dr. Purushottam Patil
1973-
महर्षि पतञ्जलि
Maharishi Patanjali
bc. 2 - c. 4