The Indian Canon: Revised

Theological/Philosophical

1. The Vedas
2. The Upanishads
3. The Puranas
4. The Mahabharata
5. The Ramayana
6. The Bhagavad Gita
7. The Brahma Sutras
8. The Thirukkural
   
9. The Sutta Pitaka
10. The Guru Garanth Sahib
11. The Quran
12. The Bible

Literature

1. Ramacaritamanasa - Gosvami Tulsidas
2. Ecstatic Poems - Kabir
3. Cilappatikaram - Llango Adigal
   
4. Manimekalai - Seethalai Sathanar
5. Civaka Cintamani - Tirutakkatevar
   
6. Gitanjali, Ghare Baire - Rabindarnath Tagore
7. Raghuvamsa, Kumarasambhava, Shakuntala - Kalidasa
8. Shah Jo Risalo - Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai
9. Sachal Jo Kalaam - Sachal Sarmast
   
10. Collected Poetry - Shiekh Ayaz
    
11. Heer - Waris Shah
12. Deewan-e-Ghalib - Mirza Asad Ullah Khan Ghalib
13. Karbala - Mir Babar Ali Anis
14. Deewan-e-Farid - Khwaja Ghulam Farid
    
15. Five Plays - Vijay Tendulkar
    
1. Kamala
2. Silence! The Court Is In Session
3. Sakharam Binder
4. The Vultures
5. Encounter In Umbugland
16. Complete Poetic Works - Mohammad Iqbal
1. Bang-e-Dara
2. Bal-e-Jibril
3. Armaghan-e-Hijaz
4. Shikwa
   
17. Complete Poetic Works - Subrmanya Bharati
18. Poetic Works - Sahir Ludhianvi
19. Mavra - Noon Meeem Rashid
20. Poetry - Bulleh Shah
    
21. Poetic Works - Shiv Kumar Batalvi
22. Kagaj Te Canvas, Sunehe - Amrita Pretam
23. Registan Vich Lakarhara - Harbhajan Singh
    
24. Nuskha-Hai-Wafa - Faiz Ahmed Faiz
    
25. Yayati - Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
26. Mrityunjay - Shivaji Sawant
27. Poetic Works - Arun Kolatkar
28. Plays - Girish Karnad
    
29. Shabdangal - Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
30. Dharmapuranam, Legends of Khasak - O. V. Vijayan
31. Samskara - U. R. Ananthamurthy
32. Shei Shomoy - Sunil Gangopadhyay
33. Peshawar Express - Krishan Chandar
34. Train To Pakistan - Khushwant Singh
    
35. Baz Nama - Khushhaal Khan Khattak
36. Aag Ka Darya - Qurat-ul-Ain Haider
37. The Guide - R. K. Narayan
38. All About H. Hatterr - G. V. Desani
39. The Autobiography Of An Unknown Indian - Nirad C. Chaudhuri
    
40. An Anthology of Progressive Writer's Movement
41. India Trilogy: - V. S. Naipaul (non-fiction)
1. An Area Of Darkness
2. A Wounded Civilization
3. A Million Mutinies Now
42. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie

Political

1. Arthashastra, Nitishastra - Chanakya
2. Tuzk-e-Babri - Zaheer Uddin Babar
3. The Story of My Experiments with Truth - M. K. Gandhi
4. 1857 - The First War of Independence, Hindutva - V. D. Savarkar
5. 1930 Presidential Address to the 25th Session of the All-India Muslim League Allahabad - Mohammad Iqbal
6. The Discovery of India - Jawaharlal Nehru
7. India Wins Freedom - Abul Kalam Azad
8. Who Were Shudras?, Pakistan or Partition Of India - B. R. Ambedkar
9. The Constitution of India