- : Nachiketa (No:1551)
- A collection of stories from the upanishads
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- : Young and virtuous, Nachiketa and Satyakama had one thing in common, they sought true knowledge. The song of birds, the thunder of rain clouds and the glow of the morning sun revealed life's secrets to Satyakama. Coming face to face with the lord of death, Nachiketa found the key to immortality. The lessons the two seekers learned were priceless, for they opened to others the door to eternal bliss.
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : Hiuen tsang (No:1550)
- A Buddhist pilgrim from china
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- : 81-8482-004-6
- : His wisdom and scholarship were like the sun, bringing light to the world. When Hiuen Tsang, the learned pilgrim from China, made the perilous journey to the land of Buddha, his prayers were said to work miracles. From Turfan to Bamiyan and from Gandhara to Prayag, hostile rulers and merciless thieves were rendered powerless by his calm courage. His accounts bring 7th-century India to life even today.
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : Chennamma of keladi (No:1549)
- The queen who defied aurangezeb
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- : There was a great consternation in the court of keladi, when the king married a commoner but chennamma, the merchants daughter, proved to be a born queen she became an expert rider and archer she took great interest in the governing of the kingdom when a scheming minister poisoned and killed the king, chennamma was forced to take over as ruler before she could calm the troubled kingdom, keladi came under attack from the powerful armies of bijapur undaunted, chennamma sold her jewelry to finance the battle then she marched out to meet the invaders, at the head of her army
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : Baji rao 1 (No:1548)
- The warrior peshwa
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- : 81-8482-131-X
- : Baji Rao, the warrior Peshwa (Maratha Prime Minister), fought 36 battles leading his men to victory time after time. He made the Marathas a formidable power in the country, even as the once powerful Mughals started showing signs of decline.
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : Shrenik (No:1547)
- Jain tales of astuteness and insight
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- : 81-8482-203-0
- : King Shrenik had set a test. He would choose as his minister the man who could keep a ram for one month without allowing it to lose or gain any weight. Jinadatta was a man who followed instructions blindly and found himself struggling with losses. These two characters feature in the two tales taken from Jain texts written in the 10th and 14th centuries.
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : Thacholi othenan (No:1545)
- The legendary hero of kerala
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- : 81-8482-219-7
- : In the 14th and 15th centuries, Malabar was a place of feudal brutality. It was a time when fights and duels were the norm and the martial art, Kalaripayattu, had been perfected by the masters. One man who strode across the legends of that time was Tachcholi Othenan, a giant figure who was feared by the powerful and loved by the weak. Even today his stories are sung by the common people of Kerala, in the form of ballads known as Vadukkam Pattukal.
- : 9 -14 Yrs
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- : The fearless boy (No:1542)
- Buddhist tales, the path to happiness
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- : 81-8482-097-6
- : Young Samkicca had learned the secret of happiness. Following Buddha's teachings not only freed him from desire and terror but also miraculously protected him from death! He was not the only one who had this precious knowledge. All those who opted for truth and hard work were blessed with joy, whereas the lazy, the proud and the dishonest were left bewailing their fate
- : 9 -12 Yrs
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