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THE HINDUISM COLLECTION A truly unique and fascinating collection of over 250 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on one USB flash drive covering all aspects of HINDUISM & THE HINDU WAY OF LIFE. Discover the origins, roots, customs and history of one of the world’s oldest religions. Study the beliefs, rites, ceremonies and rituals of Hindu culture. Explore the Vedas, Upanishads, Brahmanas and other ancient sacred Hindu texts. Learn about ancient Hindu wisdom and philosophy, and read about religious thought and life in India throughout the ages. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in Hinduism and the Hindu way of life. The full list of titles included speaks for itself…. This superb compilation of 257 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here! The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows: A catalogue of south Indian Sanskrit manuscripts (1902) A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature - J. Dowson (1888) A complete alphabetical index of all the words in the Rigveda (1908) (Sanskrit) A grammatical index to the Chandogya-upanisad - C. Little (1900) A History Of Dasnami Naga Sanyasis - J. Sarkar (1909) A history of Hindu chemistry from the earliest times to the middle of the sixteenth century, A.D Vol. 1 - P. C. Ray (1907) A history of Hindu chemistry from the earliest times to the middle of the sixteenth century, A.D Vol. 2 - P. C. Ray (1907) A History of Hindu Civilisation During British Rule - P. Bose (1894) A history of Indian philosophy - S. Dasgupta (1922) A second exposure of the Hindu religion - in reply to Narayana Rao of Satara, including strictures on the Vedanta - J. Wilson (1834) A series of lessons in Gnani yoga - W. W. Atkinson (1907) A series of lessons in Raja yoga - W. W. Atkinson (1906) A series of lessons in Raja yoga - Y. Ramacharaka (1906) A short survey of the vedic polytheism and pantheism - F. Kittel (1875) A translation of Yoga-Vâsishta-Laghu - (the smaller) - K. Narayanaswami Aiyar (1896) A Vedic concordance, being an alphabetic index to every line of every stanza of the published Vedic literature and to the liturgical formulas thereof - M. Bloomfield (1906) A View Of The History Literature And Mythology Of Hindoos Vol 1 - W. Ward (1818) A View Of The History Literature And Mythology Of Hindoos Vol 2 - W. Ward (1818) Advanced course in Yogi philosophy and oriental occultism - Y. Ramacharaka (1905) Aitareya Aranyaka - A. Keith (1909) Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rigveda ... containing the earliest speculations of the Brahmans on the meaning of the sacrificial prayers and on the origin, performance and sense of the rites (1863) Alberuni's India. An account of the religion, philosophy, literature, geography, chronology, astronomy, customs, laws and astrology of India about A.D. 1030 Vol. 1 - M. Biruni (1910) Alberuni's India. An account of the religion, philosophy, literature, geography, chronology, astronomy, customs, laws and astrology of India about A.D. 1030 Vol. 2 - M. Biruni (1910) Altindisches leben. Die cultur der vedischen Arier nach den Samḣitā dargestellt - H. Zimmer (1879) (German text) Amritabindu and Kaivalya Upanishad - A. Sastri (1898) An English translation of the Sushruta samhita, based on original Sanskrit text Vol. 1 (1907 - 16) An English translation of the Sushruta samhita, based on original Sanskrit text Vol. 2 (1907 - 16) An English translation of the Sushruta samhita, based on original Sanskrit text Vol. 3 (1907 - 16) An essay on the antiquity of Hindoo medicine - J. F. Royle (1837) An Exposure of the Hindu Religion - J. Wilson (1852) An interpretation of ancient Hindu medicine - C. Chakraberty (1923) An introduction to the study of Hinduism - B. Pal (1908) An outline of the religious literature of India - J. Farquhar (1920) Ancient India - E. Rapson (1916) Ancient India - Its Language and Religions - H. Oldenberg (1898) Ancient India - J. McCrindle (1885) Asiatic studies, religious and social - A. Lyall (1884) Ayurveda, or the Hindu system of medical science - M. Datta (1899) Benares, the sacred city - sketches of Hindu life and religion - E. Havell (1905) Bhagavad Gita - F. Muller (1898) Bhava Prakasa, or an Encyclopedia of Hindu Medicine - R. Gupta (1888) (Bengali text) Brahman - A Study on the History of Indian Philosophy - H. Griswold (1900) Brāhmanism and Hindūism, or, Religious thought and life in India, as based on the Veda and other sacred books of the Hindūs - M. Monier-Williams (1891) Brhannighauratnakara Vol. 1 - S. Vaisya (1890) (Sanskrit text) Brhannighauratnakara Vol. 2 - S. Vaisya (1890) (Sanskrit text) Brhannighauratnakara Vol. 3 - S. Vaisya (1890) (Sanskrit text) Brhannighauratnakara Vol. 4 - S. Vaisya (1890) (Sanskrit text) Catalogue of the Sanskrit manuscripts in the library of the India Office (1887) Charakasanhita, or the most ancient and authoritative Hindu system of medicine - Caraka (1877) (Sanskrit text) Chhandogya Upanisad Anandatirtha - S. Vasu (1909) Chinese religion through Hindu eyes - B. Sarkar (1916) Collection of Ancient Hindu Hymns - H. Wilson (1850) Commentary on the Hindu system of medicine - T. Wise (1845) Contributions from the Atharva-veda to the theory of Sanskrit verbal accent - W. Whitney (1856) Creative unity - R. Tagore (1922) Der Hinduismus - Religion und Gesellschaft im heutigen Indien - H. Von Glassenap (1922) (German text) Dharma-Karma-Rahasya - P. Sankar (1909) Dialogues on the Hindu philosophy, comprising the Nyaya, the Sankhya, the Vedant - K. Banerjea (1903) Die vedisch- brahmanische periode der religion des alten Indiens - E. Hardy (1893) (German Text) Dravyagua - Cakrapidatta (1897) (Sanskrit text) Early Hindu Civilisation B.c 2000 To 320 - M. Dutt (1909) Elements of Hindu iconography Vol. 1 Pt. 1 - T. Rao (1914) Elements of Hindu iconography Vol. 1 Pt. 2 - T. Rao (1914) Elements of Hindu iconography Vol. 2 Pt. 1 - T. Rao (1914) Elements of Hindu iconography Vol. 2 Pt. 2 - T. Rao (1914) Essays and lectures on the religions of the Hindus Vol. 1 - H. Wilson (1861) Essays and lectures on the religions of the Hindus Vol. 2 - H. Wilson (1861) Essays on the religion and philosophy of the Hindus - H. Colebrooke (1858) Fourteen lessons in yogi philosophy and oriental occultism - W. W. Atkinson (1905) Gautama Samhita - M. Dutt (1908) Genealogies of the Hindus, Extracted from their Sacred Writings - F. Hamilton (1818) Higher psychical development (Yoga philosophy) - an outline of the secret Hindu teachings - H. Carrington (1920) Hindu Anatomy, Physiology, Therapeutics, History Of Medicine And Practice Of Physic - K. Gupta (1892) Hindu castes and sects - J. Bhattacharya (1896) Hindu Dharma Part. 1 (1907) (Bengali text) Hindu Dharma Part. 2 (1907) (Bengali text) Hindu gods and heroes - studies in the history of the religion of India - L. Barnett (1922) Hindu infanticide - E. Moor (1811) Hindu Magic - An Expose of the Tricks of the Yogis and Fakirs of India (1913) Hindu manners, customs and ceremonies - J. Dubois (1906) Hindu manners, customs and ceremonies Vol. 1 - J. A. Dubois (1897) Hindu manners, customs and ceremonies Vol. 2 - J. A. Dubois (1897) Hindu Medicine - M. K. Ganapathi Sen (1916) (Sanskrit text) Hindu medicine - Royal College of Surgeons of England (1845) Hindu Pantheon - M. Moor (1861) Hindu religions - H. Wilson (1899) Hindu works by the late Horace Hayman Wilson Vol. 1 (1862) Hindu works by the late Horace Hayman Wilson Vol. 2 (1862) Hindu works by the late Horace Hayman Wilson Vol. 3 (1862) Hindu works by the late Horace Hayman Wilson Vol. 4 (1862) Hindu works by the late Horace Hayman Wilson Vol. 5 (1862) Hindu works by the late Horace Hayman Wilson Vol. 6 (1862) Hindu works by the late Horace Hayman Wilson Vol. 7 (1862) Hindu works by the late Horace Hayman Wilson Vol. 8 (1862) Hindu works by the late Horace Hayman Wilson Vol. 9 (1862) Hindu works by the late Horace Hayman Wilson Vol. 10 (1862) Hindu works by the late Horace Hayman Wilson Vol. 11 (1862) Hindu works by the late Horace Hayman Wilson Vol. 12 (1862) Hinduism - L. Barnett (1913) Hinduism and Buddhism, an historical sketch Vol. 2 - C. Eliot (1921) Hinduism and Buddhism, an historical sketch Vol. 3 - C. Eliot (1921) In woods of God-realization, or Complete works of Rama Tirtha Vol. 1 - S. Rama Tirtha (1909) In woods of God-realization, or Complete works of Rama Tirtha Vol. 2 - S. Rama Tirtha (1909) Index verborum to the published text of the Atharva-veda - W. Whitney (1881) India and its inhabitants - C. Wright (1857) India old and new - E. Hopkins (1901) India, what can it teach us - F. Muller (1883) Indian Mythology - A. Keith (1916) Indian thought past and present - R. Frazer (1915) Indian wisdom, or, examples of the religious, philosophical, and ethical doctrines of the Hindus - M. Monier-Williams (1876) Jaataka Chan’drika - S. Shaasatri (1908) (Telugu Script) Jesus in the Vedas, or, The testimony of Hindu scriptures in corroboration of the rudiments of Christian doctrine - G. Ramchandra (1892) Kathopanishad, with the Sanskrit Text, Anvayya, Vritti, Word Meaning, Translation, Notes and Index - S.Vasu (1905) Krishna pariksha, or, Krishna tested - a Hindi tract - J. Lucas (1884) La religion du Véda - H. Oldenberg (1903) (French text) La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda Vol. 1 - A. Bergaine (1878) (French text) La religion védique d'après les hymnes du Rig-Véda

The Great Mosque of Samarra and the Abu Dulaf Mosque were built in the 9th century and they testify the architectural innovations of the city.