Modern Indian Historic Romance Authors: Bridging Love and Legacy in Today’s Novels 2025

Style: Philosophical, accessible, and cinematic.
Key Works: The Immortals of Meluha, Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta

Among all modern Indian historic romance authors, Amish Tripathi stands out for blending mythical grandeur with emotional romance. Amish redefined mythological fiction in India, but hidden within his sweeping epics are deeply personal love stories-of Sati and Shiva, or Mandodari and Raavan. His novels are more than just battles and gods-they are reflections on longing, destiny, and the sacrifices lovers make.
Amish’s work is ideal for readers craving romantic novels with history, wrapped in action, spirituality, and emotional complexity.

Style: Lush, poetic, and woman-centered.
Must-Reads: The Palace of Illusions, The Last Queen

Few authors explore the intersection of gender, power, and romance like Chitra Banerjee. Whether it’s Draupadi’s inner world or Rani Jindan’s secret sorrows, she paints love not just as emotion but as a form of rebellion. These books top the list of best historic romance novels India has produced.

Style: Soulful, historically grounded and emotionally intense.
Notable Works: The Radiance of a Thousand Suns, The Long Walk Home
Manreet’s writing evokes the ache of Punjab’s lost years and the haunting beauty of forbidden love during times of chaos. She makes the personal political and the romantic revolutionary-earning her place among top romantic novels by Indian authors.

Style: Reflective, feminist, and deeply lyrical.
Notable Works: Ahalya, Kunti (from the Sati Series)

Koral Dasgupta brings ancient women from Indian epics into sharp focus – giving them voice, desire, and complexity. Her Sati Series is a brilliant retelling of the lives of mythological women often seen only in the background of male-driven stories. In her hands, characters like Ahalya and Kunti are not just symbols of devotion or tragedy-they are women in love, wrestling with choice, faith, and freedom.
Her writing isn’t loud, but it lingers-it makes you think. And it’s one of the finest examples of romantic novels with history that challenge what we think we know about our myths.

Style: Richly detailed, emotionally layered, and historically immersive
Notable Works: The Twentieth Wife, The Shadow Princess

Indu Sundaresan is a master of historical romance set in the Mughal era-where the stakes of love are as high as the thrones they’re tied to. In The Shadow Princess, she tells the story of Princess Jahanara, daughter of Mumtaz Mahal, caught between royal duty and forbidden desire. Through her poetic storytelling, Indu captures both the splendor of the Mughal court and the silent, aching love stories that bloomed within its walls.
In Sundaresan’s world, love is not a distraction from power—it is power. Quiet, unstoppable, and
unforgettable.

Style: Fiercely feminist, rooted in forgotten histories.
Notable Works: Rukmini, Avishi

Saiswaroopa is reviving Indic heroines-queens, warriors, and consorts-whose love stories are as fierce as their battles. If you’re looking for romantic novels with history and soul, she’s your go-to.
Love, in her world, is both sacred and strategic.