🇮🇳 Precolonial India

A window into the subcontinent's vast tapestry of kingdoms, philosophies, and traditions before colonial rule reshaped its political and cultural landscape.

India

by John Keay • 2000

One volume, five thousand years: the subcontinent from its first cities to its midnight partition.

3.93

4k+

🏛️ Civilizational History 📖 Narrative History 🌏 Cultural Crossroads

India 91%

One volume, five thousand years: the subcontinent from its first cities to its midnight partition.

by John Keay 2000

3.93

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Civilizational History 📖 Narrative History 🌏 Cultural Crossroads

History of Modern India

by Bipan Chandra • 2009

From Mughal collapse to British conquest: how a trading company remade a subcontinent.

4.08

2k+

🏛️ Colonial India 🇬🇧 British Empire 💰 Economic Imperialism

History of Modern India 91%

From Mughal collapse to British conquest: how a trading company remade a subcontinent.

by Bipan Chandra 2009

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Colonial India 🇬🇧 British Empire 💰 Economic Imperialism

The Discovery of India

by Jawaharlal Nehru • 1946

From a British prison, one leader retraces five millennia of Indian civilization: who are we?

4.10

9k+

🪧 Anticolonial Movements 🇬🇧 British Colonialism 🕉️ Cultural Synthesis

The Discovery of India 90%

From a British prison, one leader retraces five millennia of Indian civilization: who are we?

by Jawaharlal Nehru 1946

4.10

9k+ ratings

🪧 Anticolonial Movements 🇬🇧 British Colonialism 🕉️ Cultural Synthesis

Invaders and Infidels

by Sandeep Balakrishna • 2020

Islamic armies invaded India for 500 years. Hindu kingdoms fought back hard but never united.

4.39

288

🏰 Medieval India ⚔️ Islamic Invasions 🕌 Delhi Sultanate

Invaders and Infidels 90%

Islamic armies invaded India for 500 years. Hindu kingdoms fought back hard but never united.

by Sandeep Balakrishna 2020

4.39

288 ratings

🏰 Medieval India ⚔️ Islamic Invasions 🕌 Delhi Sultanate

The Beautiful Tree

by Dharampal • 1983

Precolonial India educated one in four children through village schools. Then British rule broke it.

4.38

184

🏛️ Colonial Education 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 📚 Caste And Education

The Beautiful Tree 90%

Precolonial India educated one in four children through village schools. Then British rule broke it.

by Dharampal 1983

4.38

184 ratings

🏛️ Colonial Education 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 📚 Caste And Education

India that is Bharat

by J. Sai Deepak • 2021

Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.

4.42

2k+

📚 Postcolonial Theory 🇮🇳 Indian Politics 🌍 Decolonial Thought

India that is Bharat 90%

Independence did not end colonialism. It just moved inside the constitution.

by J. Sai Deepak 2021

4.42

2k+ ratings

📚 Postcolonial Theory 🇮🇳 Indian Politics 🌍 Decolonial Thought

Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders

by Manoshi Sinha Rawal • 2019

A 40,000-woman brigade and a teen human bomb: the centuries of Indian resistance history erased.

4.24

153

🪶 Colonial Resistance ⚔️ Women Warriors 🏹 Guerrilla Warfare

Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders Summary

Saffron Swords - Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders 90%

A 40,000-woman brigade and a teen human bomb: the centuries of Indian resistance history erased.

by Manoshi Sinha Rawal 2019

4.24

153 ratings

🪶 Colonial Resistance ⚔️ Women Warriors 🏹 Guerrilla Warfare

The Anarchy

by William Dalrymple • 2019

A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.

4.20

19k+

📜 Colonial History 🏢 Corporate History 💰 Economic Plunder

The Anarchy 90%

A company raised an army, conquered India, and its hunger for profit starved a nation.

by William Dalrymple 2019

4.20

19k+ ratings

📜 Colonial History 🏢 Corporate History 💰 Economic Plunder

A Brief History of Modern India (2019-2020 Edition) by Spectrum Books

by Spectrum Books Pvt.Ltd. • 2019

What every Indian civil service exam asks about modern history: 1498 to 1947 in one volume.

4.45

245

📜 Modern Indian History 🏴 Colonial India 🌍 British Empire

A Brief History of Modern India (2019-2020 Edition) by Spectrum Books Summary

A Brief History of Modern India (2019-2020 Edition) by Spectrum Books 90%

What every Indian civil service exam asks about modern history: 1498 to 1947 in one volume.

by Spectrum Books Pvt.Ltd. 2019

4.45

245 ratings

📜 Modern Indian History 🏴 Colonial India 🌍 British Empire

Shivaji

by Dennis Kincaid • 1937

The rebel who outwitted Aurangzeb, escaped his prison, and built a kingdom on mountain forts.

4.18

898

🕌 Mughal Empire 🏰 Maratha Empire ⚔️ Military Biography

Shivaji 90%

The rebel who outwitted Aurangzeb, escaped his prison, and built a kingdom on mountain forts.

by Dennis Kincaid 1937

4.18

898 ratings

🕌 Mughal Empire 🏰 Maratha Empire ⚔️ Military Biography

From Plassey to Partition

by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay • 2004

Imperial greed, local ambition, fractured nationalism: built modern India, broke it at Partition.

4.20

1k+

🇮🇳 Modern Indian History 🇬🇧 British Empire 💰 Colonial Economies

From Plassey to Partition 90%

Imperial greed, local ambition, fractured nationalism: built modern India, broke it at Partition.

by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay 2004

4.20

1k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Modern Indian History 🇬🇧 British Empire 💰 Colonial Economies

Hindu Temples What Happened to Them- Vol. 1 Preliminary Survey

by Sita Ram Goel • 1990

Why were thousands of Hindu temples razed? Not just plunder, but a theological mandate from Islam.

4.57

178

📜 Medieval India 🕌 Indian Muslim Rule 🔨 Religious Iconoclasm

Hindu Temples What Happened to Them- Vol. 1 Preliminary Survey Summary

Hindu Temples What Happened to Them- Vol. 1 Preliminary Survey 89%

Why were thousands of Hindu temples razed? Not just plunder, but a theological mandate from Islam.

by Sita Ram Goel 1990

4.57

178 ratings

📜 Medieval India 🕌 Indian Muslim Rule 🔨 Religious Iconoclasm

Medieval India

by Satish Chandra • 1997

The Mughal Empire: built by cannons, held by tolerance, broken by orthodoxy. Two centuries, one arc.

3.97

351

🕌 Mughal Empire 🏰 Medieval India 👑 Imperial History

Medieval India 89%

The Mughal Empire: built by cannons, held by tolerance, broken by orthodoxy. Two centuries, one arc.

by Satish Chandra 1997

3.97

351 ratings

🕌 Mughal Empire 🏰 Medieval India 👑 Imperial History

India After Gandhi

by Ramachandra Guha • 2007

Born in chaos and dismissed as ungovernable, India became the world's largest democracy.

4.39

18k+

🇮🇳 Indian History 🏛️ Postcolonial History 🏗️ Nation Building

India After Gandhi 89%

Born in chaos and dismissed as ungovernable, India became the world's largest democracy.

by Ramachandra Guha 2007

4.39

18k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian History 🏛️ Postcolonial History 🏗️ Nation Building

Lost Islamic History

by Firas Alkhateeb • 2014

Slaughter, forced conversion, cultural erasure: the violent truth of Islamic rule in India.

4.43

3k+

🏰 Medieval India ⚔️ Islamic Conquests 🤝 Hindu-Muslim Relations

Lost Islamic History 89%

Slaughter, forced conversion, cultural erasure: the violent truth of Islamic rule in India.

by Firas Alkhateeb 2014

4.43

3k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval India ⚔️ Islamic Conquests 🤝 Hindu-Muslim Relations

Conquering the maharajas

by Harrison Akins • 2023

Britain left India with 560 independent kingdoms. Absorbing them before the subcontinent fractured.

4.63

🏛️ South Asian History 🌍 Decolonization 👑 British Raj

Conquering the maharajas 89%

Britain left India with 560 independent kingdoms. Absorbing them before the subcontinent fractured.

by Harrison Akins 2023

4.63

8 ratings

🏛️ South Asian History 🌍 Decolonization 👑 British Raj

Inglorious Empire

by Shashi Tharoor • 2016

India's economy shrank from 23% of the world to 3% under British rule.

4.17

13k+

🏴 British Colonialism 🇮🇳 Indian History ⛓️ Colonial Exploitation

Inglorious Empire 89%

India's economy shrank from 23% of the world to 3% under British rule.

by Shashi Tharoor 2016

4.17

13k+ ratings

🏴 British Colonialism 🇮🇳 Indian History ⛓️ Colonial Exploitation

The Story of the Integration of the Indian States

by V.P. Menon • 1956

Over 550 kingdoms. One new nation. The inside story of India’s impossible unification.

4.36

294

🏰 Indian Princely States 🕊️ Decolonization 🤝 Political Unification

The Story of the Integration of the Indian States Summary

The Story of the Integration of the Indian States 89%

Over 550 kingdoms. One new nation. The inside story of India’s impossible unification.

by V.P. Menon 1956

4.36

294 ratings

🏰 Indian Princely States 🕊️ Decolonization 🤝 Political Unification

Halt Station India

by Rajendra B. Aklekar • 2014

Bombay's oldest railway still passes through the ruins of the city it replaced.

4.38

120

🚂 Indian Railways 🇮🇳 Colonial India 🛤️ Railway History

Halt Station India 89%

Bombay's oldest railway still passes through the ruins of the city it replaced.

by Rajendra B. Aklekar 2014

4.38

120 ratings

🚂 Indian Railways 🇮🇳 Colonial India 🛤️ Railway History

Imaginary Homelands

by Salman Rushdie • 1991

After empire, the migrant's double vision and a stolen tongue remake what home and freedom mean.

3.99

2k+

📖 Postcolonial Literature 🗳️ Indian Politics 🧳 Migrant Perspectives

Imaginary Homelands 89%

After empire, the migrant's double vision and a stolen tongue remake what home and freedom mean.

by Salman Rushdie 1991

3.99

2k+ ratings

📖 Postcolonial Literature 🗳️ Indian Politics 🧳 Migrant Perspectives

The Doctor and the Saint

by Arundhati Roy • 2017

One man wanted reform, the other annihilation. Their clash over caste still defines India.

4.33

3k+

🇮🇳 Caste In India ⚖️ Dalit Politics 📜 Historical Revisionism

The Doctor and the Saint 89%

One man wanted reform, the other annihilation. Their clash over caste still defines India.

by Arundhati Roy 2017

4.33

3k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Caste In India ⚖️ Dalit Politics 📜 Historical Revisionism

A History of Bangladesh

by Willem van Schendel • 2009

A delta shaped by rivers and monsoons, not just by kings: the deep past of Bangladesh.

4.20

250

🗺️ South Asian History 🌿 Environmental History ✂️ Partition Of India

A History of Bangladesh 89%

A delta shaped by rivers and monsoons, not just by kings: the deep past of Bangladesh.

by Willem van Schendel 2009

4.20

250 ratings

🗺️ South Asian History 🌿 Environmental History ✂️ Partition Of India

Worshipping False Gods

by Arun Shourie • 1997

An icon of Indian justice never fought for freedom and served in the colonial government instead.

3.83

365

🏛️ Indian Politics 📜 Historical Revisionism 🌏 Post-Colonial Critique

Worshipping False Gods 89%

An icon of Indian justice never fought for freedom and served in the colonial government instead.

by Arun Shourie 1997

3.83

365 ratings

🏛️ Indian Politics 📜 Historical Revisionism 🌏 Post-Colonial Critique

The Golden Road

by William Dalrymple • 2024

Before the Silk Road, monsoon winds made India the intellectual heart of the ancient world.

4.12

4k+

📚 South Asian History 🌊 Maritime History ☸️ Spread Of Buddhism

The Golden Road 89%

Before the Silk Road, monsoon winds made India the intellectual heart of the ancient world.

by William Dalrymple 2024

4.12

4k+ ratings

📚 South Asian History 🌊 Maritime History ☸️ Spread Of Buddhism

Gulamgiri

by Jyotirao Govindrao Phule • 1873

Caste was never sacred. It was built to steal labor, land, and access to knowledge.

4.32

226

🪓 Caste Abolition 🇮🇳 Colonial India ✊ Indian Social Reform

Gulamgiri 89%

Caste was never sacred. It was built to steal labor, land, and access to knowledge.

by Jyotirao Govindrao Phule 1873

4.32

226 ratings

🪓 Caste Abolition 🇮🇳 Colonial India ✊ Indian Social Reform

Glimpses of World History

by Jawaharlal Nehru • 1934

From a British prison cell, a jailed father teaches his daughter all of world history.

4.32

2k+

✊ Anti-Imperialist History 🌍 World History Survey 🏛️ Comparative Civilizations

Glimpses of World History 89%

From a British prison cell, a jailed father teaches his daughter all of world history.

by Jawaharlal Nehru 1934

4.32

2k+ ratings

✊ Anti-Imperialist History 🌍 World History Survey 🏛️ Comparative Civilizations

The Story of the Malakand Field Force

by Winston S. Churchill • 1898

It took a frontier war for a young Churchill to understand the brutal logic of empire.

3.99

358

🎖️ Colonial Warfare ⛰️ Mountain Warfare 🔥 Punitive Expeditions

The Story of the Malakand Field Force Summary

The Story of the Malakand Field Force 88%

It took a frontier war for a young Churchill to understand the brutal logic of empire.

by Winston S. Churchill 1898

3.99

358 ratings

🎖️ Colonial Warfare ⛰️ Mountain Warfare 🔥 Punitive Expeditions

India's Wars

by Arjun Subramaniam • 2016

Four wars forged modern India. The military history its own universities still don't teach.

4.19

515

🇮🇳 Modern Indian History 🕌 South Asian History ⚔️ Military Statecraft

India's Wars 88%

Four wars forged modern India. The military history its own universities still don't teach.

by Arjun Subramaniam 2016

4.19

515 ratings

🇮🇳 Modern Indian History 🕌 South Asian History ⚔️ Military Statecraft

Savarkar

by Vikram Sampath • 2021

A court cleared Savarkar of Gandhi's murder. History never did.

4.70

472

🚩 Hindu Nationalism 📖 Political Biography 🗺️ Partition Of India

Savarkar 88%

A court cleared Savarkar of Gandhi's murder. History never did.

by Vikram Sampath 2021

4.70

472 ratings

🚩 Hindu Nationalism 📖 Political Biography 🗺️ Partition Of India

The Elephant, The Tiger, And the Cell Phone

by Shashi Tharoor • 2007

A billion people, 23 languages, one democracy: what holds India together when nothing should.

3.59

1k+

🇮🇳 Indian Democracy 🌏 Postcolonial India 📈 Indian Economic Reform

The Elephant, The Tiger, And the Cell Phone Summary

The Elephant, The Tiger, And the Cell Phone 88%

A billion people, 23 languages, one democracy: what holds India together when nothing should.

by Shashi Tharoor 2007

3.59

1k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Democracy 🌏 Postcolonial India 📈 Indian Economic Reform

Modi, Muslims and Media

by Madhu Purnima Kishwar • 2014

No court convicted him. Every headline did. The evidence the Gujarat narrative left out.

3.83

125

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 🔥 Communal Violence 📰 Media Criticism

Modi, Muslims and Media 88%

No court convicted him. Every headline did. The evidence the Gujarat narrative left out.

by Madhu Purnima Kishwar 2014

3.83

125 ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 🔥 Communal Violence 📰 Media Criticism

Riddles in Hinduism

by B.R. Ambedkar • 1954

Hinduism's scriptures contradict at every turn. Ambedkar asks who stood to gain from each reversal.

4.17

572

🕉️ Hindu Scriptures ⛓️ Caste Critique ✊🏾 Dalit Thought

Riddles in Hinduism 88%

Hinduism's scriptures contradict at every turn. Ambedkar asks who stood to gain from each reversal.

by B.R. Ambedkar 1954

4.17

572 ratings

🕉️ Hindu Scriptures ⛓️ Caste Critique ✊🏾 Dalit Thought

Daughters of the Sun

by Ira Mukhoty • 2018

Mughal women ran the empire from the harem. Then history reduced them to a love story.

4.25

1k+

🕌 Mughal History 🇮🇳 Indian History 👩 Women In History

Daughters of the Sun 88%

Mughal women ran the empire from the harem. Then history reduced them to a love story.

by Ira Mukhoty 2018

4.25

1k+ ratings

🕌 Mughal History 🇮🇳 Indian History 👩 Women In History

Majapahit

by Herald van der Linde • 2024

Defying Kublai Khan and uniting a thousand islands: the Javanese empire the world forgot.

4.40

383

🌏 Southeast Asian History 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🗡️ Dynastic Intrigue

Majapahit 88%

Defying Kublai Khan and uniting a thousand islands: the Javanese empire the world forgot.

by Herald van der Linde 2024

4.40

383 ratings

🌏 Southeast Asian History 🇮🇩 Indonesian History 🗡️ Dynastic Intrigue

Enemy of All Mankind

by Steven Johnson • 2020

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

3.89

5k+

🚢 Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Piracy And Empire 🏛️ East India Company

Enemy of All Mankind 88%

His 1695 heist of a Mughal treasure ship nearly toppled an empire. Then Henry Every disappeared.

by Steven Johnson 2020

3.89

5k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime History 🏴‍☠️ Piracy And Empire 🏛️ East India Company

India Wins Freedom

by Abul Kalam Azad • 1978

How the Congress leadership lost the fight for a united India: an insider's account.

4.21

1k+

🇮🇳 Indian Independence 💔 Partition Of India 🏛️ Secular Nationalism

India Wins Freedom 88%

How the Congress leadership lost the fight for a united India: an insider's account.

by Abul Kalam Azad 1978

4.21

1k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Independence 💔 Partition Of India 🏛️ Secular Nationalism

Arrow of Fortune

by Jacquelyn Benson • 2025

A stolen manuscript. A mythic weapon. Four friends race the British Empire across colonial India.

4.29

2k+

🇮🇳 Colonial India 🕉️ Indian Mythology 💕 Enemies To Lovers

Arrow of Fortune 88%

A stolen manuscript. A mythic weapon. Four friends race the British Empire across colonial India.

by Jacquelyn Benson 2025

4.29

2k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Colonial India 🕉️ Indian Mythology 💕 Enemies To Lovers

The Man Who Remade India

by Vinay Sitapati • 2016

P.V. Narasimha Rao: a silent, marginal prime minister who dismantled India's closed economy.

4.42

2k+

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 📉 Economic Reform 📜 Political Biographies

The Man Who Remade India 88%

P.V. Narasimha Rao: a silent, marginal prime minister who dismantled India's closed economy.

by Vinay Sitapati 2016

4.42

2k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Politics 📉 Economic Reform 📜 Political Biographies

India Unbound

by Gurcharan Das • 2000

Forty years of socialism, 3% growth: India's stagnation was self-inflicted. Then 1991 broke it open.

4.09

6k+

🏛️ Indian Economy 📈 Development Economics 📋 License Raj

India Unbound 88%

Forty years of socialism, 3% growth: India's stagnation was self-inflicted. Then 1991 broke it open.

by Gurcharan Das 2000

4.09

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Indian Economy 📈 Development Economics 📋 License Raj

Mayflower

by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2006

The first Thanksgiving was followed by a war bloodier per capita than the Civil War.

3.89

47k+

🏛️ Colonial America 📖 Narrative History 🇺🇸 American Origin Stories

Mayflower 88%

The first Thanksgiving was followed by a war bloodier per capita than the Civil War.

by Nathaniel Philbrick 2006

3.89

47k+ ratings

🏛️ Colonial America 📖 Narrative History 🇺🇸 American Origin Stories

An Autobiography

by Mahatma Gandhi • 1927

A shy lawyer ejected from a South African train begins a revolution without raising a fist.

4.10

75k+

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊🏾 Colonial Resistance 🇮🇳 Indian Independence

An Autobiography 88%

A shy lawyer ejected from a South African train begins a revolution without raising a fist.

by Mahatma Gandhi 1927

4.10

75k+ ratings

🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊🏾 Colonial Resistance 🇮🇳 Indian Independence

Monsoon

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2010

Three narrow straits carry the world's oil. The Indian Ocean rim decides who controls them.

3.96

3k+

🌍 Geopolitics 🚢 Maritime Strategy ⛽ Energy Geopolitics

Monsoon 88%

Three narrow straits carry the world's oil. The Indian Ocean rim decides who controls them.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2010

3.96

3k+ ratings

🌍 Geopolitics 🚢 Maritime Strategy ⛽ Energy Geopolitics

The Marwaris

by Thomas A Timberg • 2014

One desert community built Indian commerce: family firms, daily accounting, speculation.

3.02

241

🏢 Indian Business History 🌏 Ethnic Trading Networks 🏰 Business Dynasties

The Marwaris 88%

One desert community built Indian commerce: family firms, daily accounting, speculation.

by Thomas A Timberg 2014

3.02

241 ratings

🏢 Indian Business History 🌏 Ethnic Trading Networks 🏰 Business Dynasties

The Bengalis

by Sudeep Chakravarti • 2017

Language bound them; religion and borders broke them: a portrait of 250 million Bengalis.

3.90

215

🐅 Bengali Identity 🗺️ South Asian History ✂️ Partition Of India

The Bengalis 88%

Language bound them; religion and borders broke them: a portrait of 250 million Bengalis.

by Sudeep Chakravarti 2017

3.90

215 ratings

🐅 Bengali Identity 🗺️ South Asian History ✂️ Partition Of India

The Making of Exile

by Nandita Bhavnani • 2014

Sindh's Hindus did not flee a massacre. They were eroded out of their homeland.

4.17

145

📜 Partition Histories 🧳 Forced Migration ⚔️ Communal Violence

The Making of Exile 88%

Sindh's Hindus did not flee a massacre. They were eroded out of their homeland.

by Nandita Bhavnani 2014

4.17

145 ratings

📜 Partition Histories 🧳 Forced Migration ⚔️ Communal Violence

The Struggle for India's Soul

by Shashi Tharoor • 2021

India was founded on pluralism. Hindu nationalism is dismantling that compact, law by law.

3.77

🗳️ Indian Democracy 🕉️ Hindu Nationalism 📚 Nationalism Studies

The Struggle for India's Soul 88%

India was founded on pluralism. Hindu nationalism is dismantling that compact, law by law.

by Shashi Tharoor 2021

3.77

48 ratings

🗳️ Indian Democracy 🕉️ Hindu Nationalism 📚 Nationalism Studies

1971

by Anam Zakaria • 2019

The 1971 war created Bangladesh and left three conflicting histories that still shape South Asia.

4.13

215

🎙️ Oral History 🌏 South Asian History 🕯️ War And Memory

1971 87%

The 1971 war created Bangladesh and left three conflicting histories that still shape South Asia.

by Anam Zakaria 2019

4.13

215 ratings

🎙️ Oral History 🌏 South Asian History 🕯️ War And Memory

What Young India Wants

by Chetan Bhagat • 2012

A bestselling novelist's urgent call for young Indians to reshape a nation stuck in old habits.

3.26

10k+

🇮🇳 Indian Society 🏛️ Indian Politics 🔍 Anti-Corruption

What Young India Wants 87%

A bestselling novelist's urgent call for young Indians to reshape a nation stuck in old habits.

by Chetan Bhagat 2012

3.26

10k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Society 🏛️ Indian Politics 🔍 Anti-Corruption

The Baburnama

by Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur • 1531

A Central Asian king conquered the land he hated and wrote it all down.

3.95

806

👑 Mughal Empire 🏔️ Central Asian History 📜 Medieval Memoir

The Baburnama 87%

A Central Asian king conquered the land he hated and wrote it all down.

by Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur 1531

3.95

806 ratings

👑 Mughal Empire 🏔️ Central Asian History 📜 Medieval Memoir

Kamasutra

by Mallanaga Vātsyāyana

You know its positions. You missed the ancient masterclass in desire, marriage, and living well.

3.45

7k+

🏛️ Ancient India 🕉️ Hindu Ethics 🔥 Sexual Techniques

Kamasutra 87%

You know its positions. You missed the ancient masterclass in desire, marriage, and living well.

by Mallanaga Vātsyāyana

3.45

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient India 🕉️ Hindu Ethics 🔥 Sexual Techniques

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