Indian Poetry

First published in 2000. This is Volume I of fourteen of a series on India- its language and literature. Collated in 1886, this is a collection of Indian and Oriental poems, songs and two books from the 'Iliad of India'. Chapter 1; THE INDIAN SONG OF SONGS.; Chapter 2 MISCELLANEOUS ORIENTAL POEMS.; Chapter 3 TWO BOOKS FROM THE ILIAD OF INDIA.; Chapter 4 FROM THE “SAUPTIKA PARVA” OF THE MAHÁBHÁRATA, OR “NIGHT OF SLAUGHTER.”; Chapter 5 THE MORNING PRAYER.; Chapter 6 PROVERBIAL WISDOM FROM THE SHLOKAS OF THE HITOPADESA.; Chapter 7 PREFACE; Chapter 8 PROVERBIAL WISDOM FROM THE SHLOKAS OF THE HITOPADEÂA;