List of authors and their works in chronological order from M. K. Naik's A History of Indian Writing in English: (46 authors)
I. The Pagoda Tree: From the Beginnings to 1857 - Raja Rammohun Roy (1772–1833): Aptly described as the ‘inaugurator of the modern age in India,’ he was a pioneer in religious, educational, social, and political reform, mastering a distinguished English prose style marked by clear thinking, soundness of judgment, forceful and logical argumentation, moderation, and dignity; his notable works include A Defence of Hindu Theism (1817), regarded as the first original publication of significance in Indian English literature and a masterly vindication of monotheism; An Abridgement of the Vedant (1816) and renderings of the Kena and Isa Upanishads (1816); Precepts of Jesus: The Guide to Peace and Happiness (1820), which boldly separated moral precepts from myth, miracle, and dogma; writings opposing Sati such as A Conference between an Advocate for, and an Opponent of, the Practice of burning Widows alive (1818); and the Letter on English Education (1823), considered a ‘manifesto of the Indian...