00886nam a2200109   4500082001600000245008500016260003900101300002000140520056100160650002100721700003400742  a891.1bMED-  aMedieval Indian Literature - An Anthology volume 3bEdited by K Ayyappa, Paniker  bSahitya Academi,c2009aNew Delhi:  aix,941p.bIndex  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  a Paniker, K Ayyappa.eEditor.