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When they look back at their formative years, many Indians nostalgically recall the vital
part Amar Chitra Katha picture books have played in their lives. It was ACK - Amar
Chitra Katha - that first gave them a glimpse of their glorious heritage.
Since they were introduced in 1967, there are now over 400 Amar Chitra Katha titles
to choose from. Over 90 million copies have been sold worldwide.
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To make it easy for you to locate the titles of your choice from our treasure trove of titles,
the books are now arranged in five categories.
Epics and Mythology
Best known stories from the Epics and the Puranas
Indian Classics
Enchanting tales from Indian literature
Fables and Humour
Evergreen folktales, legends and tales of wisdom and humour
Bravehearts
Stirring tales of brave men and women of India
Visionaries
Inspiring tales of thinkers, social reformers and nation builders
Script
Illustrations
Editor
B.R.Bhagwat
Subhash Tendle
Anant Pai
Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd
C Am ar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd, 1980, Reprinted October 2008, IS B N 8 1 -90S990-6-2
Published & Printed by Am ar Chitra Katha Pvt- Ltd., 14 Marthanda, 4th floor,
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WHICH OF THE ACKS HAVE YOU STILL NOT READ?
ACK EPICS A N D MYTHOLOGY
Best known stories from the Epics
and the Puranas
ABHIMANYU
ANDHAKA
ANIRUDDHA
ARJUNA, TALES OF
ARUNI A N D UTTANKA
ASHW INI KUMARS
AYYAPPAN
BAHUBAU
BALARAMA, TALES OF
BHEEMA A N D HANUM AN
BHEESHMA
CHANDRAHASA
CHURNING OF THE OCEAN
DASHARATHA
DHRUVA A N D ASHTAVAKRA
DRAUPADI
DRONA
DURGA, TALES OF
ELEPHANTA
GANDHARI
GANESHA
GANGA
GARUDA
GHATOTKACHA
GITA, THE
GOLDEN M O N G O O SE, THE
H ANUM AN
H AN U M A N TO THE RESCUE
HARISCHANDRA
INDRA A N D SHACHI
IN D R A A N D SHIBI
JAGANNATHA OF PURI
JAYADRATHA
K A C H A A N D DEVAYANI
KARNA
KARTTIKEYA
KRISHNA
KRISHNA A N D JARASANDHA
KRISHNA A N D NARAKASURA
KRISHNA A N D RUKMINI
KRISHNA A N D SHISHUPALA
KRISHNA A N D THE FALSE
VAASUDEVA
KUMBHAKARNA
LORD OF LANKA, THE
MAHABHARATA
M AHIRAVANA
NACHIKETA
NAHUSHA
NALA DAMAYANT1
NARADA, TALES OF
PANDAVA PRINCES, THE
PANDAVAS IN THE HIDING, THE
PRAHLAD
RAMA
RAVANA HUMBLED
SATI A N D SHIVA
SAVITRI
SHIVA PARVATI
SHIVA, TALES OF
S O N S O F RAMA, THE
SUDAMA
SURYA
SYAMANTAKA GEM , THE
TRIPURA
ULOOPI
UPANISHADS, TALES FROM
VAU
VISHNU, TALES OF
VISHWAMITRA
YAYATI
YUDHISHTHIRA, TALES OF
ACK INDIAN CLASSICS
Enchanting tales from Indian
literature
A N A N D A MATH
ANCESTORS OF RAMA
DEVI CHOUDHURANI
K ANNAG I
KAPALA KUNDALA
MALAVIKA
RATNAVALI
SHAKUNTALA
UDAYANA
URVASHI
VASANTASENA
VASAVADATTA
ACK FABLES A N D HUMOUR
Evergreen folktales, legends and
tales of wisdom and humour
ACROBAT A N D OTHER
BUDDHIST TALES, THE
ADVENTURES OF
A G A D DATTA, THE
ADVENTURES OF
BADDU A N D CHHOTU, THE
AMRAPAU
AN G ULIM AIA
BAG OF GOLD COINS, A
BATTLE OF WITS
BIKAL THE TERRIBLE
BIRBAL STORIES
BIRBALTHE CLEVER
BIRBAL THE GENIUS
BIRBAL THE JUST
BIRBAL THE W ISE
BIRBAL THE WITTY
BIRBAL TO THE RESCUE
THE INIMITABLE BIRBAL
CELESTIAL NECKLACE, THE
CHANDRALAIAT
COW HERD OF AlAW I, THE
FEARLESS BOY A N D OTHER
BUDDHIST TALES, THE
FOOL'S DISCIPLES, THE
FRIENDS A N D FOES
GOPAL A N D THE COW HERD
GOPALTHE JESTER
HITOPADESHA TALES
CHOICE O F FRIENDS
H O W FRIENDS ARE PARTED
JATAKA TALES
BIRD STORIES
DEADLY FEAST, THE
DEER STORIES
ELEPHANT STORIES
G IA N T & THE DWARF, THE
HIDDEN TREASURE, THE
JACKAL STORES
M A G IC CHANT, THE
M O NKEY STORIES
M O U SE MERCHANT, THE
N A N D M SH A L A
STORIES O F COURAGE
STORIES O F W ISD O M
TALES O F MISERS
-t z a r
TRUE FRIENDS
KESARI THE FLYING THIEF
KING KUSHA
LEARNED PANDIT, THE
M A G IC GROVE, THE
M ARYADA RAMA, TALES OF
PANCHATANTRA TALES
BRAHMIN & THE GOAT
CRO W S A N D OWLS
. DULLARD A N D OTHER
STORIES
GREEDY MOTHER-IN-LAW, THE
H O W THE JACKAL ATE THE
ELEPHANT
JACKAL & THE
W A R DRUM, THE
PRICELESS GEM, THE
PRINCE A N D THE
M A G IC IAN
QUEEN'S NECKLACE, THE
PANDIT A N D THE MILKMAID
R A M A N OF TENALI
R A M A N THE MATCHLESS WIT
SAKSHI GOPAL
SHRENIK
TIGER & THE WOODPECKER,
TIGER-EATER, THE
VIKRAMADITYA'S THRONE
ACK BRAVEHEARTS
Stirring tales o f brave men and
women o f India
AJATASHATRU
AKBAR
AM AR SINGH RATHOR
ASH O KA
BAGHAJATIN
BAJI RAO I
BALADfTYA & YASHODHARMA
BA N D A BAHADUR
BAPPA RAWAL
BHAGAT SINGH
BIMBISARA
CHAND BIBI
CH AND RA SHEKHAR A ZA D
CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA
DURGADAS
ELLORA CAVES
HARSHA
HISTORIC CITY OF DELHI, THE
JAHANGIR
JALUANWALA BAGH
KALPANA CHAWLA
KRISHNADEVA RAYA
LACHIT BARPHUKAN
LAUTADTTYA
M A N G ALPA N DE
N O O R JA H A N
PADMINI
PAN N A A N D HADI RANI
PAURAVA A N D ALEXANDER
PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN
RAJA BHOJA
RAJA RAJA CHOLA
RAN A KUMBHA
RANAPRATAP
R AN ASAN G A
RANI DURGAVAT1
RANI O F JHANSI
RANJIT SINGH
RASH BEHAR1 BOSE
A l l title s a v a i l a b l e o n w w w . A m a r C h i t r a K c t ^ a . c o ^
SAMUDRA GUPTA
SHAH JAHAN
SHAUVAHANA
SHIVAJI
SHIVAJI, TALES OF
SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE
SULTANA RAZIA
TANAJI
TIPU SULTAN
VEER HAMMIR
VEER SAVARKAR
VIKRAMADITYA
ACK VISIONARIES
Inspiring tales o f thinkers, social
reformers and nation builders
ADI SHANKARA
AMBEDKAR, BABASAHEB
BASAVESHWARA
BIRLAG.D.
BUDDHA
CHANAKYA
CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU
CHINM AYANANDA, SW AM I
CHO KH A MELA
D AYANAN DA
DESHBANDHU
CHITTANRANJAN DAS
FA HIEN
GURU ARJAN
GURU G O BIN D SINGH
GURU N A N A K
GURU TEGH BAHADUR
HIUEN TSAN G
J.R.D.TATA
JAGADIS CH AND RA BOSE
JAMSETJITATA
JAWAHARIAL NEHRU
JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN
JNANESHW AR
KABIR
KAUDASA
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI
LOKAM ANYA T1LAK
MADHVACHARYA
M AHATM A GANDHI
MAHAVIRA
MEGASTHENES
MIRABAI
PRANAVANANDA, SW AM I
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
RAMAKRISHNA, SRI
RAM AN AM AH ARSH I
RAMANUJA
RAM SHASTRI
SAIBABA. TALES OF
SHANKAR DEV
SOORDAS
SUBRAMANIA BHARAT1
TANSEN
TULSIDAS
VIDYASAGAR
VIVEKANANDA
ZARATHUSHTRA
ACK SPECIAL ISSUES
SHAGAW AT - T>€ KSBSHNA
AVAiAfi
DASHA AVATAR
JESUS CHRSST
MAHASHARATA
9A M G iASfT M A N A S
VALM RTS fcAMAYANA
THE PANDAVA
PRINCE
W is e Yudhishthira, strong Bheem a, skilful A rju n a , b ra ve N a k u la and
Sa h a d e va - five exceptionally talented brothers w hose youthful
exuberance m a d e their K a ura va cousins v e ry jealous. Th ings only
go t w o rs e w hen D u ry o d h a n a found that everyone wanted
Yudhishthira as king. It w as their co ura g e a n d skill that helped the
P andava princes survive several m urderous plots. A n d as a bonus,
they w o n themselves w o nderful wives!
O T H E R A C K EPIC S & M Y T H O L O G Y :
THE P A N D A V A S
I N H ID IN G
KARNA
DRAUPADI
GANDHARI
FR IE N D S
A N D F O ES
ZARATH USH TRA
A L S O L O O K FO R
A JA TA S H A TR U
BRAVEHEARTS
IN D IA N C L A S S IC S
FABLES & H U M O U R
IS B N 8 1 - 9 0 5 9 9 0 - 6 - 2
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