Asian literature  

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Early Asian novels=

Early important Asian novels include:

• Dandin, The Adventures of the Ten Princes (Sanskrit, 6th century–7th century).
• Banabhatta, Kadambari (Sanskrit, 7th century).
• Anon, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Japanese, 10th century).
• Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji (Japanese, 11th century). Arguably the first novel, in the sense of a continued fictional narrative written by one author.
• Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese, 14th century).
• Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong, Water Margin (Chinese, 15th century).
• Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West (Chinese, 16th century).
• Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber (Chinese, 18th Century).

Asian literature is the literature produced in Asia. Examples are:

• Arabic literature
• Bengali literature
• Chinese literature
• Indian literature
• Japanese literature
• Korean literature
• Pakistani literature
• Persian literature
• Tamil literature