This paper deals with the topic of Indian motives and thoughts in three great Croatian poets − Tin Ujević, Vesna Parun and Vesna Krmpotić. Through a selection of their work I observe how they understood and dealt with this ancient knowledge. The aim of the paper is to show how India as an idea formed and influenced their creativity. Research has shown that we have two successful integrations of Indian teachings and a failed one. In his essays Tin Ujević included a considerable amount of material, acquainting the reader with the most important personalities, philosophies, historical reviews of the Indian subcontinent, while in his poetry he is in fact always a mystic, with a greater or lesser dose of Indian philosophy, or motifs. Vesna Parun, with her autobiographical work Krv svjedoka i cvijet, in addition to the usual memoirs brings an attempt to understand Tagore's Sadhana, with whom she is often in conflict. Vesna Krmpotić is actually a unique miracle in our literature, because the Indian Spirit flowed through her completely. From a dark poet affected by the poetics of her times, she was transformed into a Poet who, with her (and the Author's) works, breaks the illusion of the phenomenal world.