Award AC Benson Medal

National Prize of the Sahitya Akademi (1958)

Padma Bhushan (1964)

Member of Rajya Sabha (1989)

Padma Vibhushan (2000)

Honorary member, American Academy of Arts and Letters (1982)

Sahitya Akademi Award (1960)

Rajyotsava Prashasti (1986)

Honorary Doctorate (University of Mysore | 1976)

Honorary Doctorate (Delhi University | 1973)

Honorary Doctorate (University of Leeds | 1967)