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Classic Sanskrit literature — illustrated, narrated, and brought to life for contemporary readers.
Arthashastra
Arthashastra
by Chanakya
Arthashastra, written by Chanakya (also known as Kautilya or Vishnugupta), is an ancient Indian Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, economic policy, and military strategy, serving as a comprehensive guide to governance, law, and the art of living. It details how to build and maintain an empire, covering topics like administration, foreign policy, espionage, and economic management, and is considered a foundational text for political science and statecraft.
Mahabharata
महाभारतम्
by Vyasa
One of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, narrating the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kaurava and the Pandava princes.
Raghuvaṃśam
रघुवंशम्
by Kālidāsa
The Dynasty of Raghu — a mahākāvya by Kālidāsa tracing the lineage of the solar dynasty from King Dilīpa to Agnivarṇa.
Ramayana
रामायणम्
by Valmiki
The ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.
The Rig Veda
ऋग्वेद
by Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)
The oldest of the four Vedas and the oldest known Indo-European text, the Rig Veda is a collection of 1,028 hymns composed in Vedic Sanskrit between 1500–1200 BCE. Arranged in ten Books (Maṇḍalas), the hymns address the elemental deities — Agni (fire), Indra (storm and war), Vāyu (wind), Varuṇa (cosmic order) — through intricate meters and extended metaphors that shaped the entire subsequent history of Indian religious and literary thought. This edition presents the complete Griffith translation alongside literary introductions for each Hymn.