TRADITIONAL (c. 2800 B.C.--c. 2737 B.C.) Chinese

I Ching

MESOPOTAMIA (c. 2000 B.C.)

TRADITIONAL (c. 600 B.C.--medieval) Sanskrit

SUN TZU (c. 544 B.C.--c. 496 B.C.) Chinese

The Art of War

LAO TZU (c. 550 B.C.--c. 450 B.C.) Chinese

Tao Te Ching

CONFUCIUS (551 B.C.--479 B.C.) Chinese

VALMIKI (c. 500 B.C.--c. 100 B.C.) Sanskrit

VYASA (c. 400 B.C.-- ) Sanskrit

PANDIT VISHNU SARMA (c. 200 B.C.) Sanskrit

TRADITIONAL (c. 150 B.C.) Sanskrit

TRADITIONAL (c. 100 B.C.--c. 150 A.D.) Sanskrit

KALIDASA (c. 100 B.C.-- ) Sanskrit

MUHAMMAD (c. 570-632) Arabic

SRI DANDIN (6th and 7th century) Sanskrit

BANABHATTA (7th century) Sanskrit

TRADITIONAL (c. 850 A.D.) Arabic

FERDOWSI (935-1020) Persian

Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings

ANONYMOUS (10th century) Japanese

ANONYMOUS (10th century) Japanese

MURASAKI SHIKIBU (c. 973--c.1014 or c.1025) Japanese

LUO GUANZHOG (c. 1330-1400) Chinese

IBN KHALDUN (1332-1395) Arabic