Important Buddhist writers and their works. 

• Asvaghosha: Author of the Buddhacharita in Sanskrit. Contemporary of Kanishka. He was a poet, dramatist, musician, scholar, and debater. 

• Asanga and Vasubandhu: Two brothers who flourished in the Punjab region in the fourth century CE. Asanga was the most important teacher of Yogachara or Vijnanavada school founded by his guru, Maitreyanatha. Vasubandhus greatest work, Abhidharmakosa, is still considered an important encyclopaedia of Buddhism. 
• Buddhaghosa: He lived in the fifth century and was a great Pali scholar. His best-known work is the Visuddhimagga (Path of Purification), a comprehensive summary and analysis of the Theravada understanding of the Buddhas path to liberation. 

Source: Poonam Dahiaya