Kincaid. Tales From The Indian Drama

Today's free book is Tales From The Indian Drama by Charles A. Kincaid (1923), with illustrations by Leela Shiveshwarkar. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

Here are other books by Charles Kincaid.

The book is available at Internet Archive (I have not checked for other online sources).

(illustration for The Cloud Messenger)

Table of Contents

Shakuntala (Kalidasa)
Pururavas and Urvashi (Kalidasa)
Malati and Madhava (Bhavabhuti)
The Toy Cart (Shudraka)
Rakshasa's Signet Ring (Visakhadatta)
The Cloud Messenger (Kalidasa)

Kincaid. Tales from the Indian Epics

Today's free book is Tales from the Indian Epics by C. A. Kincaid. You can find out more about this book at the Indian Epics UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The book is available at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.

The illustrations are by M. V. Dhurandhar, and I've made a Flickr collection.

The Churning of the Ocean.
Veda's Pupil.
King Janamejaya's Snake Sacrifice.
Vrigu and Agni.
Ruru and Pramadvara.
Nala and Damayanti.
Satyavan and Savitri.
The Frog King's Daughter.
The Descent of the Ganges.
The Tale of the Pole Star.

Kincaid. The Indian Heroes

Today's free book is The Indian Heroes by C. A. Kincaid. You can find out more about this book at the Indian Epics UnTextbook (focused on the Mahabharata portion of the book).

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The book is available at Hathi Trust and Google Books.

In a note about the illustrations, Kincaid explains that they were inspired by Gandharan art, but he does not give the actual name of the illustrator, and I am unable to make out what appears to be the artist's emblem that appears in the pictures. I've made a Flickr collection.

RAMAYANA
1. KING DASHARATHA OF AYODHYA
2. THE GOLDEN DEER
3. PRINCESS SITA'S CAPTIVITY
4. THE FINDING OF SITA
5. THE RETURN TO AYODHYA

MAHABHARATA
6. THE PRINCES OF ELEPHANT CITY
7. HIDIMBA AND BAKA
8. THE WINNING OF DRAUPADI
9. THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ARJUNA
10. ARJUNA AND SUBHADRA
11. YUDHISHTHIRA'S GAMBLING
12. BHIMA AND THE SERPENT
13. THE YEAR OF DISGUISE
14. THE END OF THE EXILE
15. THE GREAT BATTLE
16. DURYODHANA'S DEATH
17. THE DEATH OF KING KRISHNA
18. THE REUNION OF THE BHARATAS

Kincaid. Tales of King Vikrama

Today's free book is Tales of King Vikrama translated by C. A. Kincaid. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust and the Internet Archive.

The illustrations are by M. V. Durandhar, and I've made a Flickr collection.

VAJRAMUKUT AND PADMAVATI MADHUMALOTI AND HER SUITORSKING RUPSEN AND VIRVAR
THE MAINA AND THE PARROT
MAHADEVI AND THE GIANT
PARVATI AND THE WASHERMAN'S BRIDE
PRINCESS TRIBHUVANSUNDARI
KING GUNADIP AND VlRAMDEVA
SOMADATTA AND MADANSENA
KING GUNSHEKHAR
 KING VALLABHARAM AND THE SEA MAIDEN
PRINCESS LAVANYAVATI AND THE GANDHARVA
SHOBHANI AND THE ROBBER
PRINCESS CHANDRAPRABHA
KING JlMUTKETU AND PRINCE JlMUTVAHAN
THE KING AND UNMADINI
GUNAKAR AND THE ANCHORITE
THE ROBBER'S BRIDE
THE GIANT AND THE BRAHMAN BOY
MADANMANJARI, KAMALAKAR AND DHANAWATI
THE LION AND THE FOUR LEARNED MEN
THE MAGICIAN AND THE DEAD YOUTHTHE THREE SONS OF GOVIND
THE ANCHORITEKING MAHABAL, HIS QUEEN AND DAUGHTER
THE END OF KING VIKRAMA

Kincaid. Deccan Nursery Tales.

Today's free book is Deccan Nursery Tales by C. A. Kincaid (1914), with illustrations by M. V. Dhurandhar. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at: Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust. There is also a free Kindle ebook.

The illustrations are by M. V. Dhurandhar, and I've made a Flickr collection.

(illustration by M. V. Dhurandhar)

Table of Contents

1. The Sunday Story: text
2. The Monday Story: text
3. The Tuesday Story: text
4. The Wednesday and Thursday Story: text
5. The Friday Story: text
6. The Saturday Story: text
7. Mahalaxmi and the Two Queens: text
8. The Island Palace: text
9. Nagoba, the Snake-King: text
10. Parwati and the Beggar-Man: text
11. Parwati and the Brahman: text
12. Soma, the Washerwoman: text
13. Vasishta and the Four Queens: text
14. The Lamps and the King's Daughter-in-Law: text
15. Parwati and the Priest: text
16. The Rishi and the Brahman: text
17. The King and the Water-Goddesses: text
18. The Lid of the Sacred Casket: text
19. The Brahman Wife and Her Seven Sons: text
20. The Golden Temple: text

Kincaid. Tales of the Old Sind

Today's free book is Tales of the Old Sind by C. A. Kincaid. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

The illustrations are done by different artists, sometimes signed in the lower-right corner, while others are not signed. I have made a Flickr collection.

Punho and Saswi: text
King Dyach and Bijal: text
Momul and Rano: text
Saif-ul-Muluk: text
Umar and Marai: text
Kauro and Chanesar: text
Rajbala: text
Prince Amul Manik and the Princess Husini: text
Jam Tamachi and Nuri: text
Suhni and Mehar: text
Hir and Ranjho: text
Birsing and Sunderbai: text
Kamsen and Kamrup: text
Dodo and Chanesar: text

Kincaid. Shri Krishna of Dwarka

Today's free book is Shri Krishna of Dwarka and Other Stories by  C. A. Kincaid. You can find out more about this book at the Indian Epics UnTextbook (which is focused on the Krishna part of the book).

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust.

Kaliya Damana

(by Khitindra Nath Mazumdar)

Shri Krishna of Dwarka: see this reading guide
King Harischandra
The Great Flood
Gajendra and Hunhu