<P> Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent , traditionally called Kavya ( or Kāvya ; Sanskrit : काव्य , IAST : kāvyá ) . The Ramayana and the Mahabharata , which were originally composed in Sanskrit and later translated into many other Indian languages , and The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature and Sangam literature are some of the oldest surviving epic poems ever written . </P>
name the two epics of india which are woven around with legends
The Ramayana the Mahabharata