Indic East IndoEuropean and Dravidian languages Books

"Beginning Urdu" is a complete first-year textbook designed to help learners acquire the language by actively using it in realistic situations. This book and its accompanying audio files on CD...

Pashto, designated a critical language by the US Department of Defense, is one of two official languages of Afghanistan and is also spoken in parts of Pakistan. Volume 2 of Pashto: An Elementary...

The short lyric poem appears with great frequency in Sanskrit collections and displays a wide range of themes. Bhartri*hari is the most famous composer. Amaru and Bilhana also offer excellent...

No Sanskrit poet is more interesting, original, or greater than Bana. His prose poem Princess Kadambari is his supreme achievement. His patron, King Harsha, ruled much of northern India from 606 to...