The pastimes of an Assyrian King, Painting, Frontispiece

2:25

Read by Sonia

India Part I: The coming of the Aryans: historical note

1:57

Read by Sonia

Hymn to Indra and Soma, from the Rig-Veda

2:27

Read by Sonia

The people whom the Aryans found in India, by Sir William Wilson Hunter

10:40

Read by Sonia

Savitri's choice, from the Mahabharata, rewritten by Elizabeth A. Reed

28:56

Read by Availle

India Part II: Buddha and his teachings: historical note

1:40

Read by Monika M. C.

The life of Buddha, by Sir William Wilson Hunter

9:50

Read by Monika M. C.

Stories of Buddha, by Sir Edwin Arnold

20:51

Read by Monika M. C.

Karma: a story of Buddhist ethics, by Paul Carus

31:48

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India Part III: A group of folklore stories: historical note

1:14

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Right and might, by Katherine Neville Fleeson

3:43

Read by Nemo

The man in the Moon, by Katherine Neville Fleeson

2:50

Read by Nemo

The legend of the rice, by Katherine Neville Fleeson

1:32

Read by DrPGould

The lord Krishna and the lapwing's nest, by Margaret E. Noble

1:29

Read by RajVO

The peacock and the tortoise, by John Christian

2:48

Read by Tomas Peter

Let's see on which side the camel sits, by John Christian

1:13

Read by April6090

The washerman and the donkey, by John Christian

4:19

Read by RajVO

The seven weavers and the field of flax, by John Christian

1:26

Read by RajVO

Some Indian proverbs

0:58

Read by DrPGould

India Part IV: India in days of yore: historical note

1:38

Read by RajVO

Alexander the Great in India, by Plutarch

15:14

Read by Kevin Stewart

Interior of the temple of Vimala Sah, Photograph p. 90

3:03

Read by RajVO

The rock edicts of Asoka, by Vincent A. Smith

12:55

Read by Availle

Poems by King Bhartrihari

1:27

Read by DrPGould

Sakoontala, or the lost ring, by Kalidasa

19:46

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

India Part V: The Mogul conquest: historical note

2:23

Read by RajVO

Prince with attendants in a garden, Indian painting p. 114

3:03

Read by RajVO

The peacock throne of the great mogul, Shah Jehan, by Jean Baptiste Tavernier

6:30

Read by Jim Locke

The Taj Mahal, the most beautiful tomb in the World, by Bayard Taylor

16:32

Read by ToddHW

On the march with Aurungzebe, by François Bernier

27:51

Read by Jim Locke

Women of the palace at play, Indian painting p. 142

2:33

Read by Nemo

The decline of the Mogul empire, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

9:09

Read by Kevin Stewart

India Part VI: India becomes a British province: historical note

3:06

Read by Sonia

How Robert Clive defended Arcot, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

11:23

Read by Jim Locke

The black hole of Calcutta, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

9:22

Read by Kevin Stewart

The impeachment of Warren Hastings, by Thomas Babington Macaulay

14:10

Read by Jim Locke

Indian customs and manners in 1840, by Hon. Mountstuart Elphinestone

22:22

Read by Jim Locke

The relief of Lucknow, by Robert Traill Spence Lowell

4:53

Read by Alan Mapstone

Jessie's Dream, painting p. 180

1:44

Read by Jim Locke

When Queen Victoria became empress of India, by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts

13:46

Read by Jim Locke

India Part VII: The India of to-day: historical note

1:52

Read by Jim Locke

What is caste ?, by Sir William Wilson Hunter

5:36

Read by Jim Locke

The amusements of an eastern king, by a member of the household of Nussir-u-dee…

8:59

Read by Jim Locke

An idol car with stone wheels, photograph p. 200

2:41

Read by Jim Locke

How the Mohammedans keep the festival of the Mohurrim, by a member of the house…

28:49

Read by Jim Locke

Sunday in the British army in India, by Rev. Arthur Male

15:24

Read by Jim Locke

Camp life in India, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams

17:10

Read by Jim Locke

The towers of silence, by Sir Monier Monier-Williams

19:05

Read by Jim Locke

The last voyage, painting p. 245

2:04

Read by Jim Locke

Fables by Ramakrishna, a Brahman saint of to-day

6:26

Read by Jim Locke

The coronation Durbar of 1911, by John Finnemore

19:51

Read by Jim Locke

Siam: historical note

1:40

Read by Jim Locke

The reception of a white elephant, by Mrs. A. H. Leonowens

11:57

Read by Jim Locke

The white elephant, by Heinrich Heine

4:27

Read by Jim Locke

Afghanistan: historical note

1:35

Read by Jim Locke

"The hill of bones", by Rev. Arthur Male

14:24

Read by April6090

Persia Part I: The mighty empire: historical note

2:07

Read by Jim Locke

Sohrab's last contest, by Matthew Arnold

16:23

Read by Jim Locke

When Cyrus the Great was a boy, by Xenophon

13:24

Read by DrPGould

Croesus showing Solon his treasures, painting p. 302

1:50

Read by Tomas Peter

How Cyrus the Great won the land of gold, by Jacob Abbott

46:17

Read by Jim Locke

The seven sleepers of Ephesus, in the land of Lydia, by Johann Wolfgang von Goe…

6:46

Read by Jim Locke

King Darius and the flying Scythians, by Herodotus; retold by Alfred J. Church

22:39

Read by Jim Locke

How Xerxes set out to conquer Greece, by Herodotus

27:38

Read by DrPGould

Persia Part II: Days of decline: historical note

1:39

Read by Chris Fields

The last king of Persia, by Plutarch

25:16

Read by Farnood

The family of Darius at the feet of Alexander the Great, painting p. 368

1:54

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Dara, by James Russell Lowell

4:40

Read by Tomas Peter

The building of the bridge of Tus, by Elizabeth A. Reed

11:14

Read by Farnood

Little stories from Sadi, a Persian author of the Twelfth Century

4:42

Read by DrPGould

Persia Part III: Stories of modern Persia: historical note

1:20

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Poe's tales at the Persian court, by Wilfrid Sparroy

13:07

Read by Tomas Peter

The prince who lost his book, by Wilfrid Sparroy

8:36

Read by Kevin Stewart

The food of the royal tutor, by Wilfrid Sparroy

8:41

Read by Kevin Stewart

A Persian wedding, by Charles James Wills

18:57

Read by Farnood

The Persian bazaars, by Eustache de Lorey and Douglas Sladen

15:31

Read by Farnood

New Year's calls and gifts, by Samuel G. Wilson

26:56

Read by April6090

Persia Part IV: How things are done in Persia: historical note

0:52

Read by J. M. Smallheer

How the Persians build a house, by S. G. W. Benjamin

3:23

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)

The audience chamber of the shah, by S. G. W. Benjamin

2:48

Read by yaelh

How to make calls, by S. G. W. Benjamin

6:24

Read by yaelh

Making a present to an official, by S. G. W. Benjamin

2:23

Read by yaelh

Getting a glass of milk, by S. G. W. Benjamin

1:22

Read by April6090

How a Persian Mohammedan says his prayers, by Rev. S. G. Wilson

5:01

Read by TJ Burns

Mesopotamia Part I: The kingdoms of Chaldaea and Assyria: historical note

1:50

Read by DrPGould

The Chaldaeans and their wars, by Diodorus the Sicilian

7:33

Read by DrPGould

How the Chaldaeans wrote books, by G. Maspero

7:57

Read by Sonia

The tower of Babel, by Sir David Lyndsay

2:44

Read by Devorah Allen

The lion hunt, Assyrian bas-relief p. 474

2:01

Read by J. M. Smallheer

How the Assyrians and Babylonians lived, by A. H. Sayce

14:39

Read by DrPGould

The destruction of Sennacherib, by Lord Byron

3:05

Read by Nemo

Mesopotamia Part II: Babylon the magnificent: historical note

2:26

Read by TJ Burns

How Semiramis built Babylon, by Diodorus the Sicilian

10:34

Read by cathar maiden

The make-believe elephants of Semiramis, by Diodorus the Sicilian

12:41

Read by April6090

Daniel the fearless, from the Old Testament

11:08

Read by Ellen Murphy

Belshazzar, by Heinrich Heine

2:47

Read by cathar maiden

The fall of Babylon, by Jacob Abbott

30:37

Read by realisticspeakers

Palestine Part I: In Old Testament times: historical note

1:20

Read by J. M. Smallheer

The journey to the promised land

30:10

Read by Talie Hass

The shepherd boy who became king

23:51

Read by Talie Hass

The story of King Solomon

18:36

Read by Farnood

Stories from the Talmud

13:26

Read by yaelh

The destruction of Jerusalem, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard

7:11

Read by Devorah Allen

Jeremiah at the fall of Jerusalem, painting p. 582

2:00

Read by Larry Wilson

Palestine Part II: A Roman province: historical note

1:10

Read by Larry Wilson

On the morning of Christ's nativity, by John Milton

11:35

Read by Larry Wilson

The burning of the temple, by Flavius Josephus, simplified by William Shepard

11:30

Read by Devorah Allen

Palestine Part III: The crusades: historical note

1:26

Read by Sonia

''God willeth it !'', by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot

10:32

Read by Sonia

The crusaders before Jerusalem, painting p. 610

1:52

Read by Sonia

The tearing down of England's flag, by Sir Walter Scott

14:21

Read by DrPGould

The children's crusade, by Eva March Tappan

5:07

Read by April6090

The children's crusade, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1:38

Read by Tomas Peter

St. Louis as a prisoner, by Joseph François Michaud

12:49

Read by Sonia