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Internet Resources: India
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General Resources

Global Hindu Electronic Network

The Hindu: Online Edition of India's National Newspaper
Complete daily edition of the paper, a chat room and
net forum, as well as a World Wide Web index in the
indiaPages.

Indian Literary Classics Home Page at Geocities
A small collection of literary resources, including Kalidasa,
the Bhagavadgita, and the Kamasutra, maintained by
G. N. Reddy, PhD, Organic Chemstry, Oregon State
University.

Harappa
Commercial site run by Omar Khan, Jim McCall; Indian
history and culture before 1947;


Indus civilization

The Indian Express
News and financial news about India online


Harappa/Mohenjodaro/Indus Valley Civilization

A History of India and Hindu Dharma
Accounts of the Aryan and anti-Aryan histories of India
by Neha K. Desai, masters of science student in Industrial
Engineering at the University of Manitoba

Harappa
Commercial site run by Omar Khan, Jim McCall

The Indus Story
The Smithsonian Institution. Excellent summary of Indus
Valley history for an upcoming exhibition.

The Myth of the Aryan Invasion of India
David Frawley. An article critical of mainstream interpretation
of the Indus Valley and Aryan-Dravidian conflict.

Peoples and Languages in Pre-Islamic Indus Valley
Dr. Tariq Rahman. Excellent, long article on the Indus
Valley discoveries.

Sarasvati-Sindhu Civilization
Dr. S. Kalyanaraman, Madras, India; village civilization
contemporary with Indus Valley civilization.


Hinduism:

General Resources

The Hindu Ethicof Ahimsa
Long and detailed article from Hinduism Today

Hinduism
Pictures, texts, and links created and maintained by
Vipul Kapadia, MBA, Systems Support Analyst for NAU
Foundation

Hinduism Today
On-line magazine of contemporary Hinduism by the Himalaya
Academy in Hawaii


Vedic Culture

Hymns from the Rig Veda
From Reading About the World, edited by Paul Brians, PhD,
Professor, Department of English, Washington State University

The Naked Saints of India
A controversial topic in Vedic studies involves the pre-Vedic
saints, who are important in Tantra as (maybe) originary
founders; this article, orginally published in Values , outlines
a non-critical and Tantric history of pre-Vedic religion and
its influence on the Vedic religion.

The Purusha Sukta, the Vedic Hymn on the Supreme Being
The most important of the Vedic hymns in a translation
by V. Sundar

The Rig Veda
Selections from The Hindu Scriptures , translated and
edited by R. C. Zaehner (Everyman Library, 1966); page
maintained by Mountain Man GRAPHICS

Vedic Culture
Upanishads and VedantaKatha Upanishad Edition prepared
by P.F. Brown, Mountain Man GRAPHICS

Upanishadic Philosophy
A brilliant, introductory set of resources and texts compiled
by Sreedhar Chintalapaty, masters student, Department
of Electrical Engineering, University of Memphis


Jainism

An Introduction to Jainism
Brief and accurate description of Jainism as a religion

Jain History: An Outline
Outline history from a Jain point of view (which differs from
the Western history of Jainism) with detailed articles and
links by Yashwant K. Malaiya, Professor, Computer Science
Department, Colorado State University

The Jain World Wide Web Page

Jainism

Jain Studies
Links from DeMontfort University, UK Vaishnava

Frequently Asked Questions about Vaishnava
FAQ for soc.religion.vaishnava

Sri Vaishnava Home Page
Texts and images maintained by Mani Varadarajan


Tantrism

Tantrik Home Page
Award-winning site with essays and primary texts; maintained
by Mike Magee Indian and Hindu Art

Alamkara: 5000 Years of Indian Art

Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore; National Heritage
Board, Singapore; National Museum, New Dehli

Mohan's Hindu Image Gallery
Rich resource of images of Hindu gods; by Mohan Avyar

South and Southeast Asian Art
Dancing Devata sculpture (12th century) from the collection
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art


Indian Music and Dance

Batish Institute of Indian Music and Fine Arts

Carnatic Music Reference Articles
A rich resource of articles published in rec.music.indian.classical,
The Hindu, and Indian Express; collected by Mohan
Avyar

Indian Classical Dance Forms


Indian Literature

Primary Texts

Andal's Thiruppaavai
A classic Tamil poem in PostScript format in Tamil with
an English translation by Dr. K. Srinivasan

Hymns from the Rig Veda From Reading About the World,
edited by Paul Brians, PhD, Professor, Department
of English, Washington State University

The Purusha Sukta, the Vedic Hymn on the Supreme Being
The most important of the Vedic hymns in a translation
by V. Sundar

Shakuntala: A Play by Kalidasa
Translated by G. N. Reddy, PhD, Organic Chemstry, Oregon
State University. Part of the Indian Literary Classics Home
Page at Geocities


Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita
Vermont electronic archive; poorly formatted edition

Bhagavad Gita, The Song of God
Short selection of fragments collected by Paul Harrison

The Song Celestial, or Bhagavad Gita
Sir Edwin Arnold translation (antiquated English) with no
annotations and Indian words; HTML prepared by Shawn
Knight, UNIX consultant for Carnegie Mellon University


Bibliographies

Indus Valley civilization bibliography
Prepared by Ilona Aranovsky for Harappa.


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soc.culture.bengali
soc.culture.india
soc.culture.indian


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In India, "cold weather" is merely a conventional phrase
and has come into use through the necessity of having
some way to distinguish between weather which will melt
a brass door-knob and weather which will only make it
mushy.
- Mark Twain