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What two kinds of epics are found in Sanskrit literature?

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Nearly all Sanskrit literature, except that dealing with grammar and philosophy, is in verse. The first period (c.500-c.50 BC) of the Sanskrit age is one of epics. They are divided into two main groupings—the natural epics, i.e., those derived from old stories, and those which come from artificial epics called kavya.

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