The pastimes of an Assyrian King, Painting, Frontispiece
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2:25 |
Read by Sonia |
India Part I: The coming of the Aryans: historical note
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1:57 |
Read by Sonia |
Hymn to Indra and Soma, from the Rig-Veda
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2:27 |
Read by Sonia |
The people whom the Aryans found in India, by Sir William Wilson Hunter
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10:40 |
Read by Sonia |
Savitri's choice, from the Mahabharata, rewritten by Elizabeth A. Reed
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28:56 |
Read by Availle |
India Part II: Buddha and his teachings: historical note
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1:40 |
Read by Monika M. C. |
The life of Buddha, by Sir William Wilson Hunter
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9:50 |
Read by Monika M. C. |
Stories of Buddha, by Sir Edwin Arnold
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20:51 |
Read by Monika M. C. |
Karma: a story of Buddhist ethics, by Paul Carus
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31:48 |
Read by April6090 |
India Part III: A group of folklore stories: historical note
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1:14 |
Read by April6090 |
Right and might, by Katherine Neville Fleeson
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3:43 |
Read by Nemo |
The man in the Moon, by Katherine Neville Fleeson
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2:50 |
Read by Nemo |
The legend of the rice, by Katherine Neville Fleeson
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1:32 |
Read by DrPGould |
The lord Krishna and the lapwing's nest, by Margaret E. Noble
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1:29 |
Read by RajVO |
The peacock and the tortoise, by John Christian
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2:48 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
Let's see on which side the camel sits, by John Christian
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1:13 |
Read by April6090 |
The washerman and the donkey, by John Christian
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4:19 |
Read by RajVO |
The seven weavers and the field of flax, by John Christian
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1:26 |
Read by RajVO |
Some Indian proverbs
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0:58 |
Read by DrPGould |
India Part IV: India in days of yore: historical note
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1:38 |
Read by RajVO |
Alexander the Great in India, by Plutarch
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15:14 |
Read by Kevin Stewart |
Interior of the temple of Vimala Sah, Photograph p. 90
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3:03 |
Read by RajVO |
The rock edicts of Asoka, by Vincent A. Smith
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12:55 |
Read by Availle |
Poems by King Bhartrihari
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1:27 |
Read by DrPGould |
Sakoontala, or the lost ring, by Kalidasa
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19:46 |
Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
India Part V: The Mogul conquest: historical note
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2:23 |
Read by RajVO |
Prince with attendants in a garden, Indian painting p. 114
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3:03 |
Read by RajVO |
The peacock throne of the great mogul, Shah Jehan, by Jean Baptiste Tavernier
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6:30 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The Taj Mahal, the most beautiful tomb in the World, by Bayard Taylor
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16:32 |
Read by ToddHW |
On the march with Aurungzebe, by François Bernier
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27:51 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Women of the palace at play, Indian painting p. 142
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2:33 |
Read by Nemo |
The decline of the Mogul empire, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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9:09 |
Read by Kevin Stewart |
India Part VI: India becomes a British province: historical note
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3:06 |
Read by Sonia |
How Robert Clive defended Arcot, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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11:23 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The black hole of Calcutta, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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9:22 |
Read by Kevin Stewart |
The impeachment of Warren Hastings, by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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14:10 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Indian customs and manners in 1840, by Hon. Mountstuart Elphinestone
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22:22 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The relief of Lucknow, by Robert Traill Spence Lowell
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4:53 |
Read by Alan Mapstone |
Jessie's Dream, painting p. 180
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1:44 |
Read by Jim Locke |
When Queen Victoria became empress of India, by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts
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13:46 |
Read by Jim Locke |
India Part VII: The India of to-day: historical note
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1:52 |
Read by Jim Locke |
What is caste ?, by Sir William Wilson Hunter
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5:36 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The amusements of an eastern king, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-dee…
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8:59 |
Read by Jim Locke |
An idol car with stone wheels, photograph p. 200
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2:41 |
Read by Jim Locke |
How the Mohammedans keep the festival of the Mohurrim, by a member of the house…
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28:49 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Sunday in the British army in India, by Rev. Arthur Male
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15:24 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Camp life in India, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams
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17:10 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The towers of silence, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams
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19:05 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The last voyage, painting p. 245
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2:04 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Fables by Ramakrishna, a Brahman saint of to-day
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6:26 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The coronation Durbar of 1911, by John Finnemore
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19:51 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Siam: historical note
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1:40 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The reception of a white elephant, by Mrs. A. H. Leonowens
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11:57 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The white elephant, by Heinrich Heine
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4:27 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Afghanistan: historical note
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1:35 |
Read by Jim Locke |
"The hill of bones", by Rev. Arthur Male
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14:24 |
Read by April6090 |
Persia Part I: The mighty empire: historical note
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2:07 |
Read by Jim Locke |
Sohrab's last contest, by Matthew Arnold
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16:23 |
Read by Jim Locke |
When Cyrus the Great was a boy, by Xenophon
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13:24 |
Read by DrPGould |
Croesus showing Solon his treasures, painting p. 302
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1:50 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
How Cyrus the Great won the land of gold, by Jacob Abbott
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46:17 |
Read by Jim Locke |
The seven sleepers of Ephesus, in the land of Lydia, by Johann Wolfgang von Goe…
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6:46 |
Read by Jim Locke |
King Darius and the flying Scythians, by Herodotus; retold by Alfred J. Church
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22:39 |
Read by Jim Locke |
How Xerxes set out to conquer Greece, by Herodotus
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27:38 |
Read by DrPGould |
Persia Part II: Days of decline: historical note
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1:39 |
Read by Chris Fields |
The last king of Persia, by Plutarch
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25:16 |
Read by Farnood |
The family of Darius at the feet of Alexander the Great, painting p. 368
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1:54 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
Dara, by James Russell Lowell
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4:40 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
The building of the bridge of Tus, by Elizabeth A. Reed
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11:14 |
Read by Farnood |
Little stories from Sadi, a Persian author of the Twelfth Century
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4:42 |
Read by DrPGould |
Persia Part III: Stories of modern Persia: historical note
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1:20 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
Poe's tales at the Persian court, by Wilfrid Sparroy
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13:07 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
The prince who lost his book, by Wilfrid Sparroy
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8:36 |
Read by Kevin Stewart |
The food of the royal tutor, by Wilfrid Sparroy
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8:41 |
Read by Kevin Stewart |
A Persian wedding, by Charles James Wills
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18:57 |
Read by Farnood |
The Persian bazaars, by Eustache de Lorey and Douglas Sladen
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15:31 |
Read by Farnood |
New Year's calls and gifts, by Samuel G. Wilson
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26:56 |
Read by April6090 |
Persia Part IV: How things are done in Persia: historical note
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0:52 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
How the Persians build a house, by S. G. W. Benjamin
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3:23 |
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
The audience chamber of the shah, by S. G. W. Benjamin
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2:48 |
Read by yaelh |
How to make calls, by S. G. W. Benjamin
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6:24 |
Read by yaelh |
Making a present to an official, by S. G. W. Benjamin
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2:23 |
Read by yaelh |
Getting a glass of milk, by S. G. W. Benjamin
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1:22 |
Read by April6090 |
How a Persian Mohammedan says his prayers, by Rev. S. G. Wilson
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5:01 |
Read by TJ Burns |
Mesopotamia Part I: The kingdoms of Chaldaea and Assyria: historical note
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1:50 |
Read by DrPGould |
The Chaldaeans and their wars, by Diodorus the Sicilian
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7:33 |
Read by DrPGould |
How the Chaldaeans wrote books, by G. Maspero
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7:57 |
Read by Sonia |
The tower of Babel, by Sir David Lyndsay
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2:44 |
Read by Devorah Allen |
The lion hunt, Assyrian bas-relief p. 474
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2:01 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
How the Assyrians and Babylonians lived, by A. H. Sayce
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14:39 |
Read by DrPGould |
The destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron
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3:05 |
Read by Nemo |
Mesopotamia Part II: Babylon the magnificent: historical note
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2:26 |
Read by TJ Burns |
How Semiramis built Babylon, by Diodorus the Sicilian
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10:34 |
Read by cathar maiden |
The make-believe elephants of Semiramis, by Diodorus the Sicilian
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12:41 |
Read by April6090 |
Daniel the fearless, from the Old Testament
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11:08 |
Read by Ellen Murphy |
Belshazzar, by Heinrich Heine
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2:47 |
Read by cathar maiden |
The fall of Babylon, by Jacob Abbott
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30:37 |
Read by realisticspeakers |
Palestine Part I: In Old Testament times: historical note
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1:20 |
Read by J. M. Smallheer |
The journey to the promised land
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30:10 |
Read by Talie Hass |
The shepherd boy who became king
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23:51 |
Read by Talie Hass |
The story of King Solomon
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18:36 |
Read by Farnood |
Stories from the Talmud
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13:26 |
Read by yaelh |
The destruction of Jerusalem, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard
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7:11 |
Read by Devorah Allen |
Jeremiah at the fall of Jerusalem, painting p. 582
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2:00 |
Read by Larry Wilson |
Palestine Part II: A Roman province: historical note
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1:10 |
Read by Larry Wilson |
On the morning of Christ's nativity, by John Milton
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11:35 |
Read by Larry Wilson |
The burning of the temple, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard
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11:30 |
Read by Devorah Allen |
Palestine Part III: The crusades: historical note
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1:26 |
Read by Sonia |
''God willeth it !'', by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot
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10:32 |
Read by Sonia |
The crusaders before Jerusalem, painting p. 610
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1:52 |
Read by Sonia |
The tearing down of England's flag, by Sir Walter Scott
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14:21 |
Read by DrPGould |
The children's crusade, by Eva March Tappan
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5:07 |
Read by April6090 |
The children's crusade, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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1:38 |
Read by Tomas Peter |
St. Louis as a prisoner, by Joseph François Michaud
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12:49 |
Read by Sonia |