Gods and Goddesses- From the Epics and Mythology of India by Amar Chitra Katha (22 Comic Books of Characters in Hindu Religion for Children/indian regional/mythology/comic stories) Hardcover – April 22, 2010.

Mahabharata Of Vyasa, A Complete Translation By Kisari Mohan Gaguly     Epics                 Bhagavad Gita       Brahma Sutra         Upanishads                         Puranas                             Others                           The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli [published between 1883 and 1896] The Ganguli English translation of the Mahabharata is the only complete one in the public domain. Books 1-4 were proofed at Distributed Proofing (Juliet Sutherland, Project Manager), from page images scanned at sacred-texts.com. Books 5-7 and 12-15 were proofed at sacred-texts.com by John Bruno Hare. Books 8-11 and 16-18 were proofed by Mantra Caitanya.

The logo Publication information Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Publication date 1967 No. Of issues 1029 Creative team Written by Various Artist(s) Various Amar Chitra Katha ( ACK, 'Immortal Captivating (or Picture) Stories') is one of 's largest selling comic book series, with more than 100 million copies sold in 20.

Founded in 1967, the imprint has more than 400 titles that retell stories from the great Indian epics, mythology, history, folklore, and fables in a comic book format. It was created by, and published. In 2007, the imprint and all its titles were acquired by a new venture called ACK Media. On 17 September 2008, a new website by ACK-media was launched. Contents • • • • • • • • • • Creation and creators [ ] The comic series was started by in an attempt to teach Indian children about their cultural heritage. He was shocked that Indian students could answer questions on Greek and Roman mythology, but were ignorant of their own history, mythology and folklore. It so happened that a quiz contest aired on in February 1967, in which participants could easily answer questions pertaining to Greek mythology, but were unable to reply to the question 'In the, who was 's mother?'

The above is an oft-told story of how ACK was founded beginning with 'Uncle Pai', in Mumbai in 1967. However, Outlook Magazine has this article about the genesis of this popular comic series: The idea and proposal for Amar Chitra Katha was made by a Bangalore book salesman called G.K. Ananthram which led to the first Amar Chitra Katha comics being produced in 1965—in Kannada, not English.

'The English ACK titles begin from number eleven because the first ten were in Kannada,' clarifies Ananthram. To Anathram's satisfaction, the 1965 Kannada ACK venture was a great commercial success which led to Mirchandani in the head office in Mumbai pursuing the Amar Chitra Katha idea in English diligently.

'They brought in Anant Pai' says Ananthram. 'And he built a wonderful team and a great brand.' Writers like,,, and joined the creative team of Amar Chitra Katha, with taking on the role of editor and co-writer on most scripts. The notable illustrators were, who illustrated the very first issue of Amar Chitra Katha, Krishna,,,,,,,, Jeffrey Fowler, and aka Yusuf Bangalorewala. The comics [ ] The original printings of Amar Chitra were not in full colour—because of budgetary constraints, the panels were printed using yellow, blue and green. Subsequent issues, however, changed to full colour.