00897nam a22001217a 4500020001800000082001600018245007700034260004000111300001100151520056100162650002100723700003100744  a9788126003655  a891.1bMED-  aMedieval Indian Literature:bAn Anthology/cedited by k. Ayyappa Paniker  aNew Delhi:bSahitya Academy,c1997.  a1006p.  aThis volume, the first of three, has two parts: Surveys of all the languages and Selections from three languages - Assamese, Bengali and Dogri. The surveys present an objective assessment of the different literary trends and of the beginnings of the medieval period and comment on the origin of some of the Indian languages which came into being in this period. Besides laying stress on the contributions of individual authors and their historical significance, they also feature the intrinsic literary merits of the major works written during this period.  aIndic literature  aPaniker, K Ayyappaeeditor