(65438 BC+05 ~ 4th century AD) includes the literature of primitive society, slave society and early feudal society. The common cultural language is Sanskrit, including early Vedas and standardized Sanskrit. There is another saying. Ancient literature is mainly Sanskrit literature, which is divided into three development periods, namely, the Vedic period (BC15 ~ 5th century), the epic period (4th century BC ~ 4th century AD) and the classical Sanskrit period (AD1~ 4th century AD). In ancient Indian literature, the greatest achievements and influences are poetry, epic, fable, drama and literary theory. These works were influenced by ancient Indian religions (Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jainism) and caste system to varying degrees. Vedas is the oldest collection of poems in India, which was formed about 1000 BC. * * There are four anthologies, namely Rigveda, Adapurveda, Samadveda and Yeruveda, and the first two are the most valuable. Vedas are the original source of Indian literature and have a great influence on later generations. Vedic literature in a broad sense also includes Brahma, forest and Upanishads. In addition, a collection of lyric poems, 300 Poems, which was cut to Hayley at the beginning of A.D., was also widely circulated. The epics Mahabharata and Ramayana are great achievements of ancient Indian literature, which reflect the social life and literary achievements of ancient India. These two epics have a great influence on Asian countries, especially Southeast Asia. Among the numerous fables produced in ancient times, the representative works are Buddhist scriptures, Bai Yujing, five-volume books and so on. Ancient Indian drama was developed, reaching a quite mature stage in the 1 and 2nd centuries, and reaching a climax in the 4th and 5th centuries. Dramatists such as Buddy, sudra Jia and Calido appeared successively. Sakgundaro written by Karnataka and Little Mudcart written by sudra are the models and great achievements of Indian classical drama. Because drama originated earlier, it accumulated rich performance experience, which provided conditions for the development of drama theory. Dance Theory is the earliest literary theory work written in poetic style in India.
During this period, in addition to Sanskrit classical literature, there appeared southern Tamil literature that did not belong to Aryan language family.