E-Book Links

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 04 Mar 2008 10:12

Google books link

Indian Epigraphy by D. Sircar

Digital Library book Link

The Successors Of The Satavahanas In Lower Deccan- D Sircar

Keshav · Post by **Keshav** » 05 Mar 2008 08:03

rajamanic wrote:Probably, some of you may even have a list of books that you believe are important for the kids at different ages to read that are outside the academic curriculum. If so, can you list them here? if not, given that I do not have enough info about India myself (a CBSE Dhimmi), can someone help by suggesting books that are good?

BTW I am thinking both short term and long term.

Maybe we could properly tag these lists in order to help every other parent out there.

I am not a parent, but I second this, in order that it isn't overlooked.

vsunder · Post by **vsunder** » 05 Mar 2008 09:22

Memoirs of Hyder Ali and Tippoo by Ram Chandra Rao

This is a free download via Google books. 107 pages, 4.2mb. Ram Chandra Rao was attached to the treasury of Hyder and Tippoo.

sunilUpa · Post by **sunilUpa** » 05 Mar 2008 23:37

Guys use the following link for Digital Library.

digital library

I found it better than this. I get lots of errors in the latter.

Almost all of K.M.Panikkar's books are available.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 06 Mar 2008 02:11

Online books on Hinduism

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 06 Mar 2008 10:30

Folks how to save the TIFF or DIVU files for later viewing?

For example in the Rashtrapathi Bhavan library I found Malgoankar's "Bend in the river"which deals with Partition. How to download it so I can read offline.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 06 Mar 2008 10:37

Looking at the credits of Sri Bangalore Suryanarain Row, i cant help wondering if the Astrological magazine folks are related to him?

Keshav · Post by **Keshav** » 07 Mar 2008 05:55

I didn't know where to put this. Hopefully, a few will help me out.

My father is going to India soon and I want him to find as many books as he can for me. My primary interest is history but I know how little interest it creates in India so I'm asking for a list of famous Indian works on Indian history in English. Single names refer preferably to biographies on the characters or events in their lives.

Topics preferably include:
Shivaji
Vikramaditya
Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka
Chanakya also Arthashastra
Sikh Empire/ Ranjit Singh
Guru Gobind Singh - Autobiography and personal works
Maharana Pratap
Rajputana history by Col. James Tod (what is the title of this?) - any other histories of Rajputs?
Biography of Savarkar also First War of Independence, 6 Glorious Epochs of Indian History
Biography of Subash Chandra Bose as well a collection of speeches and letters, correspondences
Chitralekha
Anandamath
Biography of Keladi Chennamma (Telegu queen who fought Aurangzeb)
Lachit Borakhpan (Assamese general against the Mughals)

Anyone heard of the Gujarat novel: Kanhadade Prabandha (dealing with the conquest of Gujarat by Aladuin Khilji)?

A famous Hindi novel dealing with a Rajput princess written by a Sufi. Is it called "Padmavati"?

Tulsidas: Ram Charitra Manas

Tamil stories relating to Kovalan, Madhavi, Kannagi

I'm sure I'll find more.
Thanks in advance for any help finding good editions for these topics.

sunilUpa · Post by **sunilUpa** » 07 Mar 2008 06:38

ramana wrote:Folks how to save the TIFF or DIVU files for later viewing?

For example in the Rashtrapathi Bhavan library I found Malgoankar's "Bend in the river"which deals with Partition. How to download it so I can read offline.

Ramana Ji, I use internetiff to download and save tiff images from USPTO site in a single file. I am not sure whether it will work for other sites. They do have a trial version, you can try it out before purchasing.

Link - clicky

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 08 Mar 2008 02:04

Thanks Sunil.

Meanwhile from the archives.org site link to the Indian libraries scan of the Million Books Project

Most are DIVu and Tiff files where as the archives project has pdfs etc. Atleast gives an idea of what is there.

Shalav · Post by **Shalav** » 09 Mar 2008 13:01

ramana wrote:Folks how to save the TIFF or DIVU files for later viewing?

I use irfanview for tiff. Its a free download, just google for it. Make sure you also download its plugins. It lets you view almost all graphics formats.

Never used divu, do you mean djvu?

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 09 Mar 2008 13:59

Shalav wrote:
ramana wrote:Folks how to save the TIFF or DIVU files for later viewing?
I use irfanview for tiff. Its a free download, just google for it. Make sure you also download its plugins. It lets you view almost all graphics formats.

Never used divu, do you mean djvu?

Ramana, djvu are supposed to be device independent files. So one should be able to read them on any computer. Djvu files look like pdf, but occupy somewhat less space. However, reading them requires some kind of interface like YAP (Yet another previewer) which is installed on a standard MikTeX or LaTeX freeware package. See http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~schecte ... st_tex.htm for details. Look for conversion software from dvi format to other formats. Dvi stands for device independent.

A software with enormous power to convert between diff image formats is GIMP; so you can easily convert a TIFF which occupies loadsa space into JPG or gif. It is available for free.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 14 Mar 2008 00:34

ramana wrote:in the twenty year period before and after 9/11, a number of books aahve come out to examine the question of the Moors of Spain. Most o the works are apologies to the Islamists of Moorish Spain and imply that somehow had the Moors survived in Spain there would have been enlightenment, milk and honey all over Europe. The Moors are important for most of the European perceptions of Islam and the other world were drawn from their experience with the Moors. In fact Afrcian people were identified with color rather than any other association. The Spanirds and the Portugese got most of their words from them.

Here is a google book

The Golden Age of the Moors

We need to study them to get an idea for why things are the way they are.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 14 Mar 2008 23:45

A link on Classics revisted

http://www.mainlesson.com/displaybooksbytitle.php

Books are mostly UK authors hence have India related stuff.

Multatuli · Post by **Multatuli** » 15 Mar 2008 01:13

There are over 20,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog.

A grand total of over 100,000 titles is available at Project Gutenberg Partners, Affiliates and Resources.

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

You can search their archive for books on topics like Naval Warfare, Foreign Policy, etc.

ashish raval · Post by **ashish raval** » 18 Mar 2008 20:06

For anyone who want to learn sanskrit at their own pace. Very good resources

www.speaksanskrit.org

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 20 Mar 2008 03:06

Book Sellers

Asian Education Services-New Delhi

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 20 Mar 2008 04:06

Google books

Future of Islam by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

This is the famous book that acharya keeps refrring to. It costs >$200 from Amazon.

Download the pdf!

nkumar · Post by **nkumar** » 20 Mar 2008 08:07

Books by David Frawley:

http://www.vedanet.com/index.php?option ... &Itemid=12

shyamm · Post by **shyamm** » 21 Mar 2008 23:27

David Irving's site
http://www.fpp.co.uk/books/index.html

World war 2 free EBooks , written from the German point of view.
Some of them are classics like:
Nuremberg,
Destruction of Dresden,
Erhard Milch: The rise and fall of the Luftwaffe,
Destruction of Convoy PQ17,
Rommel: The trail of the fox

and many more.....

Some of the books are so hard hitting, no wonder David irving is hated and banned in many countries

Sanjay M · Post by **Sanjay M** » 22 Mar 2008 03:03

THE GRAND CHESSBOARD by Zbigniew Brzezinski

http://sandiego.indymedia.org/media/2006/10/119973.pdf

Here it is.
The Atlanticist Mein Kampf.
Enjoy.

Rudradev · Post by **Rudradev** » 22 Mar 2008 05:28

Keshav wrote:I didn't know where to put this. Hopefully, a few will help me out.

My father is going to India soon and I want him to find as many books as he can for me. My primary interest is history but I know how little interest it creates in India so I'm asking for a list of famous Indian works on Indian history in English. Single names refer preferably to biographies on the characters or events in their lives.

Topics preferably include:
Shivaji
.

If he can find it, "The Grand Rebel" by Dennis Kincaid is absolutely amazing. A thoroughly researched, detailed account of Shivaji's life... but also a gripping read. It's a very old book though and may be out of print.

vsunder · Post by **vsunder** » 24 Mar 2008 05:44

The afore-mentioned Dennis Kincaid died tragically by drowning
in the sea off Karwar while swimming. His father Charles Kincaid wrote the celebrated book "The History of the Mahratta People". Grant Duff's 1878 book "History of the Mahrattas" is available as free download on Google Books (27.5mb).

The grave of Dennis Kincaid is somewhere in a small cemetery in Karwar
and the cemetery itself threatened by Project Seabird. I am told Adm. Dawson the architect of Seabird is aware that Kincaid's grave lies in this cemetery and has made various attempts to locate it and remove it to a safer place. I hope he succeeds since the headstones are in ruins and in poor condition. Kincaid Jr and also Kincaid Sr. did much to dispel the notion of Shivaji as a bandit and highwayman.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 24 Mar 2008 07:46

Folks I found this awesome book!

Google Books

Art of Transitional India
Its by good intro by Vinayak Purohit from Popular Prakashan 1988.

Long (1368 pages!) but very interesting. Read Chapter 3 & 4.

Vsunder, CDs will be mailed next week.

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 24 Mar 2008 11:27

ramana wrote:Folks I found this awesome book!

Google Books

Art of Transitional India
Its by good intro by Vinayak Purohit from Popular Prakashan 1988.

Long (1368 pages!) but very interesting. Read Chapter 3 & 4.

Vsunder, CDs will be mailed next week.

How can this book be downloaded

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 24 Mar 2008 21:25

Let me know if you find it. I am willing to pay the price but cant find it. I am writing to the publisher too!

pradeepe · Post by **pradeepe** » 25 Mar 2008 05:21

Are you talking about the cost for a downloadable version.

The hard bound edition a 2-vol set is on Amazon (USD67)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0861321383

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 25 Mar 2008 20:11

If you read the fine print its temporary out of stock. I wrote to publishers to see if they can accomodate us.

pradeepe · Post by **pradeepe** » 25 Mar 2008 23:59

Got it ramana garu.

If willing to pay a higher price, there is one used/good condition available -

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ ... f=dp_olp_2

Will delete in a while to reduce clutter in this thread.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 26 Mar 2008 00:05

I bought it from the Alibris Site.

Meanwhile Google Books:

Intercourse between India and the Western World- H. Rawlinson

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 26 Mar 2008 00:51

K.M. Pannikar's book

Asia and Western Dominance- A survey of Vasco DA Gama epoch of Asian History

There are pdf versions etc.
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A couple of google books on Tibet

1) History of Western Tibet: One of th eUnknown Empires- A.H. Francke

and
2) History of Tibet _ Modern Period from 1895 to 1959

pradeepe · Post by **pradeepe** » 27 Mar 2008 04:51

Google book on Tibet -

The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 - Tsering Shakya

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 31 Mar 2008 18:37

Federalist Papers A collection of 85 essays written, between 1787 & 1788 to convince people why the type of government that was being recommended for USA was the best form of government. Authors: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 01 Apr 2008 10:28

A collectionof epigraphs of India throughout history

Indian Analyst- Inscriptions

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 28 Apr 2008 22:26

I will delete this post if this book was linked here earlier.
Unleashing India's Innovation

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 06 May 2008 00:56

THE HISTORY OF MONEY IN AMERICA FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (1899). Derby,

By Alexander Del Mar
Published 1899
The Cambridge
Encyclopedia Co.
Money
Download

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 14 May 2008 04:17

Interesting issue of Journal of Asian Studies. Checkout the isome of the papers.

Journal Of Asian Studies

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 15 May 2008 04:34

History of Modern Indian Painting

Google book

Keshav · Post by **Keshav** » 24 May 2008 02:06

The full version of Jadunath Sarkar's "Shivaji and His Times"

http://tinyurl.com/6s2bpg

Google Books

Keshav · Post by **Keshav** » 24 May 2008 09:13

Photos of the Gods

The book is very detailed and talks about "popular visual culture" and the paintings and photos that were created for the Independence Struggle. I haven't scanned it for bias or prejudice but the pictures themselves and nice to see.

http://books.google.com/books?id=8hhXq7hpzSwC

This is only a LIMITED PREVIEW.

Bharat Rakshak

E-Book Links

Book List Please!

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Shivaji and His Times - Jadunath Sarkar (Full Version)