Valmiki Ramayana
Southern recension (vulgate) as printed by Gita Press; 7 kandas, 645 sargas
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Valmiki Ramayana
49 stories
Seven kandas, 645 sargas, every one told.
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Ramcharitmanas
58 stories
Tulsidas's seven kands, doha by doha.
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Kamba Ramayanam
1 story
The Tamil Ramayana of Kambar.
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Vyasa's Mahabharata
411 stories
Eighteen parvas and a hundred upa-parvas.
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Bhagavad Gita
18 stories
Eighteen chapters, one for each little book.
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Ganesha
1 story
Birth, the race around the world, the moon, the broken tusk.
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Hindu Kings & Queens
5 stories
Sovereignty, invasion and the responsibilities of rule, from Tarain to Travancore.
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Statecraft & Cultural Leaders
2 stories
Chanakya, Abbakka and Vivekananda: counsel, resistance and renewal across different traditions.
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Great Mothers & Mentors
3 stories
Jijabai, Tarabai, Mata Gujri and Bhuvaneshwari Devi: upbringing, care and leadership in their own right.
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Book 1: The Loss of Friends
34 stories
34 stories.
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Book 2: The Winning of Friends
10 stories
10 stories.
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Book 3: Crows and Owls
18 stories
18 stories.
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Book 4: Loss of Gains
13 stories
13 stories.
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Book 5: Ill-Considered Action
12 stories
12 stories.
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Shiva Purana
7 samhitas; Rudra Samhita, Kumara Khanda for Ganesha
Source edition recordEncyclopaedia Britannica: Chandragupta
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Source edition recordEncyclopaedia Britannica: Prithviraja III
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Source edition recordJadunath Sarkar: Shivaji and His Times
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Source edition recordRamcharitmanas
Tulsidas, Gita Press edition; 7 kands
Source edition recordOral tradition
Tales with no single source text; the region and the collection cited per book
Mahabharata
Vulgate (Bombay/Calcutta) as translated by Ganguli; 18 parvas, 100 upa-parvas, 2,132 sections
Source edition recordBhagavad Gita
Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva 25–42; 18 chapters, 700 verses
Source edition recordPanchatantra
Purnabhadra's recension (1199 CE); 5 books, 87 stories
Source edition recordMinistry of Tribal Affairs: History of the Gond Kingdom
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Source edition recordEncyclopaedia Britannica: Battle of Gogunda
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Source edition recordRichard M. Eaton: A Social History of the Deccan, 1300–1761
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Source edition recordEncyclopaedia Britannica: Shivaji
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Source edition recordRamakrishna Math and Mission: Swami Vivekananda
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Source edition recordRamakrishna Math and Mission: Swami Vivekananda
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Source edition recordEncyclopaedia Britannica: Martanda Varma
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