Kural • Thirukkural

Kural, an ancient Tamil treatise on the ethics and morality of the commoner, is the oldest and one of the most widely translated non-religious works in the world.

Authored by the ancient Tamil poet-philosopher Valluvar and dated around the 1st century BCE, it has been translated into at least 42 world languages, with about 57 different renderings in the English language alone.

Along with the Bible and the Quran, the Kural remains one of the most translated works in the world.