Free books on India at Gutenberg
Eternal Torch-Bearer
Aberigh-Mackay
Fist Published in the 'Vanity Fair'. Reader's familiarity with
British
India will benefit him.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13068
2-The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Sir Edwin Arnold.
Who is not familiar with this great book of wisdom in form of a
dialogue
between Prince Arjuna and Lord Krishna? For everyone.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2388
3-The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry, by W. G. Archer
An insight into devotional and sensuous romanticism in Indian painting
and
poetry. The HTML version comes with beautiful illustrations.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11924
4-The Pirates of Malabar, and An Englishwoman in India Two Hundred
Years Ago,
by John Biddulph.
Some of you might find this book very insightful while increasing your
appetite
for adventures in India.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11399
4-India, Old and New, by Sir Valentine Chirol
Glimpses of Indian history from the ancient to the British Raj.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15586
5-Modern India, by William Eleroy Curtis
A wonderful and informative book about land and people of India. It
covers everything
-from people, customs, architecture, buildings etc. Although it may not
be as modern,
as it was at the time of its publication. The HTML version contains
maps and photographs.
A must read.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11212
6-Far to Seek-A romance of England and India, by Maud Diver
A fictional tale set in midst of real events in 1919 India.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15704
7-THE JUNGLE FUGITIVES-A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including
also Many Stories
of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring, by Edward S. Ellis
Ready for your adventures in India?
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16805
8-A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk
Fa-hsien of travels
in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of
discipline by Fa-Hien
Cited by many historians, this book is a great source of knowledge
about ancient India.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2124
9-Akbar, Emperor of India, by Richard von Garbe
About life and times of the greatest Mogul Emperor of India. Contains
illustrations in HTML version.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14134
10-India's Love Lyrics, by Laurence Hope
Legends and folklore in form of poetry and songs.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8197
11-The Religions of India, by Edward Washburn Hopkins
Detailed information about Indian religions. Look no further.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14499
12-The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1, by Allan O. Hume,
Edited by Eugene William Gates
For the bird watchers.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13117
13-Indian Fairy Tales, by Collected by Joseph Jacobs
Take a peek into the other world, in which every Indian child grows.
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/8iftl10.txt
14-Sakoontala or The Lost Ring, by Kalidasa
A very famous Indian drama that everyone should read.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12169
15-Indian Tales, by Rudyard Kipling
He opened the doors of Indian jungles and villages to the world. Short
stories set in India from
the pen of the master author.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8649
16-A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of
India, by Robert Sewell
it gives us a vivid and graphic account of first hand experiences
at the great Hindu capital at the period of its highest grandeur and
magnificence.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3310
17-Forty-one years in India, From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief
by Frederick Sleigh Roberts
Personal accounts of F.S.Roberts, while he discovers India and himself.
HTML version contains 40
illustrations.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16528
18-Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official, by William Sleeman
Another first hand account of life in India.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15483