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For the literature of ancient India see
Sanskrit, Veda, Pali, and Prakrit. In the
19th century Bengali emerged as a literary
language, for example in the work of
philologist Ram Mohan Roy, founder of Brahma
Samaj, who paved the way for such writers as
Bankim Chandra Chatterji and Romesh Chunder
Dutt (1848-1909). Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel
prize 1913 confirmed the reputation of
Bengali in world literature. Subsequent
writers include the poets Buddhadeva Bose
(1908-) and Amiya Chakravarty. Other literary
languages are Urdu (used by the novelist Prem
Chand and poet-philosopher Iqbal) and
Gujarati (used by the poet Nanalal Devi and
in the writings of Gandhi). The long
association with Britain established English
as a literary language, and writers in
English - whose work is nonetheless wholly
Indian in character - include the novelist
Dhan Gopal Mukerji, the poet Sarojini Naidu
(1879-1949), Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950), Dom
Moraes (1938-), and Nehru. Tagore did little
creative writing in English, but translated
many of his own works. Among overseas writers
of Indian descent, the best-known is V S
Naipaul.