Indian Philosophy
An Introduction to Indian Philosophy – Satishchandra Chatterjee, Dhimendramohan Dutta
A History of Indian Philosophy – Surendranath Dasgupta (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3)
The Principal Upanishads – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
The Bhagavad Gita – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Kautilya’s Arthashastra – L.N. Rangarajan
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras – Swami Vivekananda
History Commentaries
The German Genius – Peter Watson
The History of Philosophy – A.C. Grayling
The Lessons of History – Will Durant, Ariel Durant
Being Different – Rajiv Malhotra
Memoirs / Biographies
Books in Indian Languages
Ret Samādhi – Geetanjali Shree [Hindi] [English translation]
Shilāpadma – Pratibha Ray [Odia] [English translation]
Kalām-e-Sāhir Ludhiānvī [Urdu w/ English translation]
Kathākusumasaurabha – Nityananda Misra [Sanskrit w/ English translation]
PopLit on Indian Classics
Valmiki’s Women – Anand Neelakanthan
My Hanuman Chalisa – Devdutt Pattanaik
Invincible Arjuna – Debashis Chatterjee
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