The library

Holy books

Each atlas is a guided journey through one text: its context, its structure, its themes, a passage to read closely, and a reading room with the source editions. Notes and bookmarks stay in your own browser.

The Vedas

Veda · Śruti

Rigveda

The first hymns

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Veda · Śruti

Samaveda

The text becomes song

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Veda · Śruti

Yajurveda

Words in action

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अथर्ववेद

Veda · Śruti

Atharvaveda

Life and the sacred

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Epic dialogue

Epic dialogue · part of the Mahābhārata

Bhagavad Gita

The dialogue within

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Dharmashastra

Smṛti · Dharmaśāstra

Manusmriti

Dharma in context

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Smṛti · Dharmaśāstra

Yajnavalkya Smriti

Conduct, dispute, restoration

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Smṛti · Dharmaśāstra

Narada Smriti

Evidence and dispute

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Ancient Near East

Sumerian Texts

Clay tablets, cities, hymns and the first written literature of Mesopotamia.

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A note on coverage

These atlases are educational guides. Some historical translations are uncorrected scans of older editions and some languages are only partly covered. Each atlas states its own coverage and credits on its Sources page. Different source datasets and photographs carry different licences.