The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom
Hart, George / Heifetz, Hank / Hart, George / Heifetz, Hank![The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/150/1500543/CHSBZCOP031500543.jpg)
Two prominent translators present the first complete English-language edition of one of India's greatest works of classical literature: the Purananuru. This anthology of four hundred poems by more than 150 poets between the first and third centuries C.E. in old Tamil -- the literary language of ancient Tamilnadu -- was composed before Aryan influence had penetrated the south. It is thus a unique testament to pre-Aryan India.Beyond its importan...