"Ramayana": The Ramayana is an ancient Indian epic attributed to the sage Valmiki. It narrates the story of Prince Rama and his quest to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana. The epic explores themes of dharma (righteousness), devotion, loyalty, and the battle between good and evil. Romesh Chunder Dutt's translation of the Ramayana aimed to convey the essence of this epic to English-speaking readers, allowing them to appreciate its cultural and spiritual significance."Mahabharat...

Ancient India, like ancient Greece boasts of two great Epics. One of them, the Maha-bharata, relates to a great war in which all the warlike races of Northern India took a share, and may therefore be compared to the Iliad.The great war which is the subject of this Epic is believed to have been fought in the thirteenth or fourteenth century before Christ. The war thus became the centre of a cycle of legends, songs, and poems in ancient India, the vast mass of legends and poetry, accumulated du...

THE scene of the Epic is the ancient kingdom of the Kurus which flourished along the upper course of the Ganges; and the historical fact on which the Epic is based is a great war which took place between the Kurus and a neighbouring tribe, the Panchalas, in the thirteenth or fourteenth century before Christ. According to the Epic, Pandu and Dhrita-rashtra, who was born blind, were brothers. Pandu died early, and Dhrita-rashtra became king of the Kurus, and brought up the five sons of Pandu...

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Traditionally, the authorship of the Mahabharata is attributed to Vyasa. With more than 74,000 verses, Mahabharata is said to be the longest poem. Mahabharata tells the story of the epic Kurukshetra War and the fates of the cousin brothers Kauravas and the Pandavas. But more than that the Mahabharata contains much philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the four "goals of life" or 'purusharthas'...

The Mahābhārata ; Sanskrit: महाभारतम्, Mahābhāratam, is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kurukshetra Warand the fates of the Kaurava and the Pāṇḍava princes and their succession. Along with the epic Rāmāyaṇa, it forms the Hindu Itihasa.It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the four "goals of life" or puruṣārtha (12.161). Among the...

An Abridged EditionThe Ramayana tells the story of Rama, hero, prince and incarnation of the god Vishnu. It’s an epic work whose influence and popularity spreads across cultures and continents. Originally written in Sanskrit by the poet Valmiki, this is an abridged version translated into English by Romesh C Dutt with an introduction by translator and writer, Arshia Sattar.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library;...

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Maha-bharata condensed into English verse by Romesh Chunder Dutt.This book is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India,the other being the Ramayana.The Mahabharata is an epice narrative of the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kaurava and the Pandava princes.

First published in 2000, this is volume includes the three books of original text as created by Romesh Dutt, a lecturer in Indian History, and late Commissioner of Obissa and member of the Bengal Legislative Council from 1906. It includes the economic history of India, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to the commencement of the Twentieth Century

First published in 2000. This is Volume III of fourteen of a series on India- its language and literature. Collated in 1894, this is selection of ancient Indian poetry that has been translated into English. They have been chosen for their representation of the genre - the freshness and simplicity of the Vedic Hymns, the sublime and lofty thought of the Upanishads, the unsurpassed beauty of Buddhist precepts, and the incomparable richness and imagery of the later or classical Sanscrit poetr...

First Published in 2000. This title is Volume 4 in the 11-volume series titled India: History, Economy and Society, one of the Trüber's Oriental Series. This title tackles the great task of compiling, for the first time, a connected and clear history of the Ancient Hindus. The first chapters on the Vedic Age were commenced in April 1887, the last chapters on the Puranic Age have been revised in March 1890. The entire edition of a thousand copies has been nearly exhausted for this collectio...

This is Volume III in a series of eleven on India, its History, Economy and Society. Originally published in 1893, this is part one of two of a history of civilisation of Ancient India and spans from B.C. 2000 to 320.