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Indian literature

  • Indian philosophyIn the 4th century BCE, a minister named Chanakya wrote the Arthaśāstra, a text that used the word ānvīkśikī to mean critical inquiry.
  • Jataka talesIn the second century before the common era, a woodpecker removed a bone from a lion's throat on the railings of an Indian stupa.