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Ancient India Books
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The Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.19 — 83,927 ratings — published -400
The Upanishads (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.26 — 18,097 ratings — published -500
The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent before the coming of the Muslims (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,864 ratings — published 1954
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.08 — 12,758 ratings — published 1957
A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.16 — 852 ratings — published 2006
Ancient India (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.07 — 160 ratings — published 1952
A History of India, Vol. 1: From Origins to 1300 (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.63 — 2,063 ratings — published 1966
The Rig Veda (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,762 ratings — published -1000
Mahabharata (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.32 — 12,354 ratings — published 300
India's Ancient Past (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,398 ratings — published 2005
Ancient India as Described by Megasthenes and Arrian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.72 — 39 ratings — published 2000
Ramayana (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,405 ratings — published -400
The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.42 — 978 ratings — published 2010
Ancient India: in Historical Outline (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.85 — 300 ratings — published 1998
Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.34 — 3,417 ratings — published 2018
The Arthashastra (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,390 ratings — published -300
The Palace of Illusions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.20 — 69,549 ratings — published 2008
The Holy Vedas (Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, Atharva Veda)
by (shelved 4 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.13 — 216 ratings — published 1994
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.11 — 3,697 ratings — published 2024
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.45 — 7,013 ratings — published 300
Panchatantra (Illustrated): Classic Tales
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,575 ratings — published -200
Wanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.20 — 646 ratings — published 2021
The Valmiki Ramayana Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.49 — 412 ratings — published
Political Violence in Ancient India (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.18 — 85 ratings — published
A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.92 — 211 ratings — published 1955
Aśoka and the Decline of the Mauryas: With a new afterword, bibliography and index (Oxford India Paperbacks)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.82 — 351 ratings — published 1961
From Lineage to State (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.78 — 50 ratings — published 1985
The Dhammapada (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.27 — 31,842 ratings — published -400
Savitri: A Tale of Ancient India (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.86 — 69 ratings — published 1992
The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays and Poems (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.83 — 353 ratings — published 1991
Ancient India: As Described by Ptolemy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.50 — 6 ratings — published 1985
India: The Ancient Past: A History of the Indian Sub-Continent from c. 7000 BC to AD 1200 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.58 — 69 ratings — published 2007
In Search of the Cradle of Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.92 — 125 ratings — published 1995
Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.79 — 127 ratings — published 2024
Civilisation, Education and School in Ancient and Medieval India, 1500 B.C. - 1757 A.D.: Ancient India, 1500 B.C. - 1192 A.D., Vedic Schools and ... in Pedagogy, Andragogy, and Gerontagogy) (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2001
The Recognition of Śakuntalā (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.85 — 2,127 ratings — published 400
Mahagatha - 100 Tales from the Puranas (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,990 ratings — published 2022
The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.38 — 13,233 ratings — published 400
Prachin Bharat ka Itihas Tatha Sanskriti (Hindi)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.98 — 51 ratings — published
Buddhist Scriptures (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.85 — 340 ratings — published
The Laws of Manu (Penguin Classics)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.33 — 294 ratings — published -150
Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.99 — 683 ratings — published 2014
The Meghadūta of Kālidāsa (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.25 — 628 ratings — published 400
The Age of Imperial Unity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.68 — 41 ratings — published 1951
Genetics and the Aryan debate: "Early Indians" Tony Joseph's Latest Assault (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.11 — 35 ratings — published 2019
ANCIENT INDIA: CULTURE OF CONTRADICTIONS (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.19 — 58 ratings — published
The Rigvedic People. 'Invaders'?'Immigrants'? or Indigenous (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 4.46 — 61 ratings — published
Where the Gods Dwell: Thirteen Temples and their (hi)stories
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.45 — 64 ratings — published 2021
Indica (Greek Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.92 — 25 ratings — published -300
The Hindus: An Alternative History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as ancient-india)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,652 ratings — published 2009
“Get rid of your useless ceremonials and be educated like your ancient ancestors – Aryabhatta, Brahmagupta, Susruta and others. Make education your purpose of life and spread it among the masses.”
― Prescription: Treating India's Soul
― Prescription: Treating India's Soul
“At most periods of her history India, though a cultural unit, has been torn by internecine war. In statecraft her rulers were cunning and unscrupulous. Famine, flood and plague visited her from time to time, and killed millions of her people. Inequality of birth was given religious sanction, and the lot of the humble was generally hard. Yet our overall impression is that in no other part of the [Page 9] ancient world were the relations of man and man, and of man and the state, so fair and humane. In no other early civilization were slaves so few in number, and in no other ancient lawbook are their rights so well protected as in the Arthaśāstra (p. 152f). No other ancient lawgiver proclaimed such noble ideals of fair play in battle as did Manu (p. 126). In all her history of warfare Hindu India has few tales to tell of cities put to the sword or of the massacre of noncombatants. The ghastly sadism of the kings of Assyria, who flayed their captives alive, is completely without parallel in ancient India. There was sporadic cruelty and oppression no doubt, but, in comparison with conditions in other early cultures, it was mild. To us the most striking feature of ancient Indian civilization is its humanity.”
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