For 10 points, name this home country of Rabindranath Tagore and Sanskrit epics such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
One author from this nation wrote about a king that numbers his subjects and forces them to mine gold while he himself lives behind an iron curtain. That author also wrote the lines "all I had achieved was carried off on the golden boat -- only I was left behind," as well as a collection of poems that begins "Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure." Other works from this nation feature a prince's philosophical discussion with his divine charioteer and a king who defeats the demon king who abducted his wife with the help of a monkey god. For 10 points, name this home country of Rabindranath Tagore and Sanskrit epics such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
One author from this nation wrote about a king that numbers his subjects and forces them to mine gold while he himself lives behind an iron curtain.
Republic of India [Accept Bharat Ganarajya.]