How the Jackal ate the Elephant


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In Vishnu SharmaÕs famous Panchatantra tales, animals talk and act like humans. A wily jackal or a deceiving donkey, an impetuous frog-king or an arrogant lion often mirror our everyday world. Through these tales the master storyteller reveals the secret of living life wisely yet happily to generations of readers all over the world.




Dasharatha


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This Amar Chitra Katha has been drawn mainly from Valmiki's famous epic poem - Ramayana. Ravana, an evil Rakshasa had performed severe penances and obtained a boon from Brahma. No celestial being, be it a yaksha, a gandharva or deva could kill him. Armed




Tales of Hanuman


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Includes the following titles: Hanuman Bheema and Hanuman Hanuman to the rescue




Ganga


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Ganga is a great river of India. She rises from the himalayas, flows through the vast fertile plains of North India and pours into the Eastern seas. Great kingdoms arose on her banks. Ganga is considered sacred and a bath in her waters is supposed to lead




Funny Folktales


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Stories from the Bhagawat


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Includes the following titles: Tales of Balarama Sudama Krishna and Shishupala Krishna and The False Vasudeva Aniruddha




Tales Told by Sri Ramakrishna


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Includes the following titles: Gopal and the Cowherd The Pandit and the Milkmaid The Learned Pandit Tales told by Sri Ramakrishna




Devotees of Vishnu


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Includes the following titles: Tales of Vishnu Tales of Narada Prahlad Dhruva and Ashtavakra The Churning of the Ocean




Rani of Jhansi


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Rani (Queen) Laxmibai of Jhansi is today a symbol of the first organized Indian resistance to British rule. She was born (c. 1828) in a conservative priestly family, but she got an unconventional education including trained in martial arts like the boys o