Indian Myths & Legends

A collectable edition to discover colourful and compelling tales of ancient India, filled with timeless wisdom and universal themes. Preserved in the Vedic tradition and transcribed from the stories told to generations since the 3rd century BCE, discover ancient wisdom with themes of karma, the path to righteousness and how to live a purposeful life. Vivid and laden with human insight, reading The Ramayana is thought, in itself, to be a cleansing spiritual act. Meet heroes, gods, monsters and exciting tales of creation, destruction, love, power and the spiritual. The anthology mixes 78 short stories or excerpts from traditional tellings of ‘Tales of the Ramayana’; ‘The Saga of Mahabharata’; ‘Legends of Indra & Yama’; ‘Legends of Krishna’; ‘Legends of Shiva’; ‘Legends of Buddha’; ‘Tales of the Hitopadesha’; and a selection of other engagingly written myths. Smartly presented with a foil-stamped and embossed cover, ribbon marker and metallic-page edges, the book is truly tactile source of ancient enlightenment.

Hardback with ribbon marker
Foil-stamped and embossed cover
17.5 x 11.5cm
415 gilt-edge pages