2026 Reading Challenge
Genres

Indology


Indology Books

The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent before the coming of the Muslims
The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati
Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography
A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar
The Nay Science: A History of German Indology
The Battle for Sanskrit: Is Sanskrit Political or Sacred, Oppressive or Liberating, Dead or Alive?
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
Academic Hinduphobia: A critique of Wendy Doniger's erotic school of Indology
Breaking India: Western Interventions In Dravidian And Dalit Faultlines
Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
Nehru: The Invention of India
India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
Mahabharata Unravelled: Lesser-Known Facets of a Well-Known History
Sanskrit Non-Translatables : The Importance of Sanskritizing English
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A Feast of Vultures by Josy JosephEmergency Retold by Kuldip NayarTen Days in Calcutta by Reinhard HauffThe Curious Case of Binayak Sen by Dilip D'SouzaHello, Bastar - The Untold Story of India's Maoist Movement by Rahul Pandita
On India
135 books — 9 voters
Breaking India by Rajiv MalhotraIndia by Diana L. EckThe Lost River by Michel DaninoThe Battle for Sanskrit by Rajiv MalhotraIndra's Net by Rajiv Malhotra
Indian Indology Books
35 books — 14 voters