Eaten by a Fish

Tulsidas’s epic retelling of the story of Ram, now in a lucid three-volume translation. The translation includes a comprehensive introduction to the poet and his work.

Tulsidas’s epic retelling of the story of Ram, now in a lucid three-volume translation. The translation includes a comprehensive introduction to the poet and his work.

Tulsidas’s epic retelling of the story of Ram, now in a lucid three-volume translation. The translation includes a comprehensive introduction to the poet and his work.

Somadeva's classic work, the oldest extant collection of stories in the world. Adapted and retold from the Sanskrit.

Composed in 300 CE by Vishnusharma to teach the three dull-witted sons of a king, it is one of the oldest collections of fables in the world.

Devaki Nandan Khatri's extraordinary novel first published in 1888, it was modern India’s first bestseller.

Jainedra's finest novel, it tells the story of a young woman's struggle against struggle against stultifying social norms.

Written in 1641 by Banarasidas, poet, philosopher and merchant, this is the story of Banarasi's own life. It is possibly the first autobiography in an Indian language.

Sir Monier Monier-Williams