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Asian arts are usually classified into the east Asian, southeast Asian, Arabic, and the Indian arts.

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Asian arts especially literary works are mostly influenced by social norms, morals, and customs.

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Indian is believed to be the oldest in the world. Due to nations' vast cultural diversities it has produced huge volumes of literary works. Indian literature is classified into Shruti Literature and Smriti Literature

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The Shruti Literature, is concerned with the "revealed or the heard" which are written in the Vedas and the Upanishads. RIG VEDA as the oldest literary work in the history of the mankind.

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The Smriti, is concerned with "that which is remembered." This includes guiding principle for beliefs, moral obligations, social codes, and customs.

MAHABHARATA -one of the greatest and longest epic in the world which gives us an account of the tribal wars of India.

RAMAYANA -that gives us an account of the epic hero Rama and his wife Sita are examples of the Smriti Literature.

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Arabic literature was first created during the 4th and 7th century. their literature often made up of short personal QASIDA (odes) and others of longer than 100 lines. These odes usually express love for nature, bravery, themes of love, struggles, pursuit and most of all supremacy of God.

The Qur'an became the essential focus of learning and presentations until it succeeded displacing the qasida and became the focal study of the Muslim world.

The succeeding period of Arabic literature was the outcome of the rise of the new Arabic-Persian culture in Bangladesh (capital of Abbasids) in the 8th and 9th centuries

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Islamic paintings usually picture elements of repeated geometric floral and plant designs known as. ARABESQUE. This is usually used to symbolize the supreme, united, and endless nature of God. Islamic art usually focuses on the description of patterns and Arabic script, rather than on figures.

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The "ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS" and Omar Khayyam's "RUBAIYAT" were the most loved and read Arabian literatures.

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Great collection of Arabic prose were written by Bukhari, Tabari, Masudi, Ibn Khaldun, Ibn al-Athir, and Ibn Batuta emerging as the greatest writers of the time.

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ZAYNAB -was considered the first modern Arabic literature

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Indian visual arts were first discovered in primitive cave or rock paintings. These paintings usually depict animals and scenes of human activities in the ancient times such as hunting.

Indian paintings provide an artistic variety that covers from the early civilization to the present day. Indian paintings have evolved from being basically religious in purpose to a fusion of various cultures and traditions.

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MURALS -are large artworks done on the walls of solid structures. just like Ajanta Caves and the Kailashnath Temple.

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MINIATURE PAINTINGS -in turn are usually done for books or albums or drawn on paper or cloth.

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Arjuna's Penance -known as one of the biggest stone carvings in the world. this sculpture comprises over hundred figures of earth creatures as well as gods

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Agra Red Fort -a colossal structure on the bank of river Yamuna.

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Islamic architecture embraces both non-spiritual and religious forms. Islamic architecture and sculpture were influenced by the Roman, Byzantine, and Persian arts. Islamic architectural styles are usually seen in their Mosque, tomb, Palace, and Forts.

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Dome of the rock in Jerusalem is one of the most important and famous Islamic architecture.

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Other known Islamic architecture are The Great Mosque of Damascus, The Great Mosque of Samarra, and Abu Dalaf in Iraq.

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The dance among Indians invokes images of Nataraja as the Indian God Shiva is described. The oldest of which is the Natyashastra from which all the other Indian classical dance styles are derived from.

As these dances were related to storytelling, Indians called the collection of these dances as dance-dramas.