Vol 710 | Rsae Pre The route to your roots 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. Now the Amar Chitra Katha titles are even more widely available in 500+ bookstores alll across India. Log on to waww.ack-media.com to locate a bookstore near you. If you do not have access to a bookstore, you can buy all the titles through our online store www.theackshop.com. We provide quick delivery anywhere in the world, 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 Luis M Fernandes Souren Roy Anant Pai Cover illustration by: Pratap Mulick Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd © Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd, 1985, Reprinted July 2009, ISBN 81-8482-097-6 Published & Printed by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd, 14 Marthanda, 4th floor, 84 Dr, Annie Besant Road, Mumbai 400 018. India+ AND THEN EAT IT AT THE MONASTERY. ONE DAY AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO EAT, SAMKICCA LOOKED UP AND SAW A MAN =A WE HAVE A GUEST! WE WILL SHARE, WHAT WE. HAV! Ao See C4 NTH HIM, SAMRICCA, 1AM ON MY WAY To MY ELDER DAUGHTER'S HOUSE. 1 WAS STAYINGamar chitra katha THE STRANGER MADE HIMSELF COMFORT— WILL THESE | pousT IT. MONKS GIVE BUT WHY DO (NE. PERMISSION | HAVE TO To visiT HER2| | ASK THEM AT ALL @ | THE MAN COLLECTED HIS BELONGINGS AND QUIETLY LEFT THE MONASTERY... BY A HUMAN Yl SACRIFICE. HAVE MERCY G ‘ON ME, MASTER!A WRETCH LIKE ME SACRIFICE | EVEN THE SPIRIT WOULD 4g BE OFFENDED! THERES A MONASTERY 1 NOT FAR FROM HERE WHERE DWELL THIRTY / 1 MEN OF NOBLE BIRTH. =. ei UNTIE THE WRETCHED FELLOW.GAMKICCA SAT ON THE GROUND AND IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO A TRANCE. [= = RECEIVE THIS SACRIFICE, © GREAT SPIRIT AND SHOWER THY BLESSINGS) ‘ON ustpee |. a | YET YOU REMAIN J\ So cALM. HAVE * YOU NO FEAR?SAMKICCA CAME OUT OF HIS TRANCE. pean HE THAT IS FREE OF g DESIRE HAS NO MENTAL SUFFERING. V1 SHALL GIVE UP MY (Oo ONE WHO ee LAWLESS LIFE AND 1S FREE OF ATTACHMENT, DEATH HAS NO TERROR. AND SAMRICCA,WHO HAD GONE INTO THE FORE6T WITH A BAND OF ROBBERS, RETURNED TO THE MONASTERY WITH A BAND OF DISCIPLES. eSphd SAK, FB THIS LAZY BROTHER s DOES NO WORK, YET Sed (TAKES ALL THE CREDIT FOR MINETHE TWO DISCIPLES [on yTHE RASCAL | | V THOUGHT HE > THIS BOY HAS (_ BEEN DOING ALL “{ THE WORK NOW | SEE IT ALL. Ke A / 4 oO THE LAZY DISCIPLE FELT OFFENDED. | ( THAT was NO WAY 70 ( SPEAK TO ME. AND ALL \ FOR AFEW DROPS OF WATER | HMPH f dust THEN — | HERE, MASTER I HAVE BROUGHT = THE HOT WATER, {, FOR YOUR WASH. /% 7 ! S l Hi BROTHER, YOU MUST NEVER TAKE CREDIT UY FOR THE WORK | ANOTHER HAS: | \ AND THE YOUTH WALKED AWAY IN A HUFF, NEVER TO RETURN 1 THE WISE AND HARDWORKING PISCIPLE | CONTINUED TO STUDY AND LATER BECAME & GREAT TEACHER HIMSELF.YOU HAVE CREATED A MARVEL! Y NO, TELL ME, HAVE YOU EVER BUILT | YUVARAJ! 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Introducing The NEW Animated DVDs To orderWHICH OF THE ACKS HAVE YOU STILL NOT RE: ACK EPICS AND MYTHOLOGY Best known storias from the Epics ‘ond the Puranas ABHIMANYU ANDHAKA, ‘ANIRUDDHA ‘ARIUNA, TALES OF ‘ARUN AND UTTANKA ‘ASHWIN| KUMARS AYYAPPAN BAHUBAL! BALARAMA, TALES OF BHEEMA AND HANUMAN BHEESHMA CHANDRAHASA CCHURNING OF THE OCEAN DASHARATHA DHRUVA AND ASHTAVAKRA DRAUPADI DRONA DURGA, TALES OF ELEPHANT. GANDHAR! GANESHA GANGA GARUDA, GHATOTKACHA GITA, THE GOLDEN MONGOOSE, THE HANUMAN, HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE HARISCHANDRA INDRA AND SHACHI INDRA AND SHIBI JAGANNATHA OF PURI JAYADRATHA KACHA AND DEVAYANI KARNA KARTTIKEYA, KRISHNA KRISHNA AND JARASANDHA, KRISHNA AND NARAKASURA KRISHNA AND RUKMINI KRISHNA AND SHISHUPALA, KRISHNA AND THE FALSE VAASUDEVA, KUMBHAKARNA, LORD OF LANKA, THE MAHABHARATA MAHIRAVANA NACHIKETA NAHUSHA NALA DAMAYANT NARADA, TALES OF PANDAVA PRINCES, THE PANDAVAS INTHE HIDING, THE PRAHLAD RAMA RAVANA HUMBLED SATI AND SHIVA SAVER SHIVA PARVATI SHIVA, TALES OF SONS OF RAMA, THE SUDAMA SURYA SYAMANTAKA GEM, THE TRPURA wor! UPANISHADS, TALES FROM Vall VISHNU, TALES OF VISHWAMITRA YAYAT YUDHISHTHIRA, TALES OF ACK INDIAN CLASSICS Enchanting tales hom Indian erature ANANDA MATH "ANCESTORS OF RAMA, DEVI CHOUDHURANI KANNAGI KAPALA KUNDALA, MALAVIKA RATNAVAU SHAKUNTALA UDAYANA, URVASHI VASANTASENA, VASAVADATTA ACK FABLES AND HUMOUR Evergreen folltals, legends and tales of wisdom and humour ACROBAT AND OTHER BUDDHIST TALES, THE ‘ADVENTURES OF ‘AGAD DATTA, THE ADVENTURES OF BADDU AND CHHOTU, THE AMRAPAL ‘ANGULMALA, BAG OF GOLD COINS, & BATTLE OF WITS BIKAL THE TERRIBLE BIRBAL STORIES BIRBAL THE CLEVER BIRBAL THE GENIUS BIRBAL THE JUST BIRBAL THE WISE BIRBAL THE WiTTY BIRBAL TO THE RESCUE THE INIMITABLE BIRBAL (CELESTIAL NECKLACE, THE CHANDRALALAT ‘COWHERD OF ALAWI, THE FEARLESS BOY AND OTHER BUDDHIST TALES, THE FOOL'S DISCIPLES, THE FRIENDS AND FOES ‘GOPAL AND THE COWHERD (GOPAL THE JESTER HITOPADESHA TALES CHOICE OF FRIENDS HOW FRIENDS ARE PARTED JATAKA TALES BIRD STORIES, DEADLY FEAST, THE DEER STORIES ELEPHANT STORIES. GIANT & THE DWARF, THE HIDDEN TREASURE, THE JACKAL STORIES MAGIC CHANT, THE MONKEY STORIES MOUSE MERCHANT, THE NANDIVISHALA STORIES OF COURAGE STORIES OF WISDOM TALES OF MISERS TRUE FRIENDS KESAR| THE FLYING THIEF KING KUSHA LEARNED PANDIT, THE MAGIC GROVE, THE MARYADA RAMA, TALES OF PANCHATANTRA TALES. BRAHMIN & THE GOAT CROWS AND OWLS DULLARD AND OTHER: STORIES GREEDY MOTHER-IN-LAW, THE HOW THE JACKAL ATE THE ELEPHANT JACKAL & THE WAR DRUM, THE PRICELESS GEM, THE PRINCE AND THE ‘MAGICIAN (QUEEN'S NECKLACE, THE PANDIT AND THE MILKMAID RAMAN OF TENAL RAMAN THE MATCHLESS WIT SAKSHI GOPAL SHRENIK TIGER & THE WOODPECKER, TIGER-EATER, THE VIKRAMADITYA'S THRONE ‘ACK BRAVEHEARTS Siirrng tales of brave men and women of india AJATASHATRU ‘AKBAR ‘AMAR SINGH RATHOR ‘ASHOKA, BAGHA JATIN BAI RAO | BALADITYA 8 YASHODHARMA, BANDA BAHADUR BAPPA RAWAL BHAGAT SINGH BIMBISARA ‘CHAND 8181 CHANDRA SHEKHAR AZAD ‘CHANDRAGUFTA MAURYA DURGADAS ELLORA CAVES. HARSHA HISTORIC CITY OF DELM|, THE JAHANGIR TALUANWALA BAGH KALPANA CHAWLA KRISHNADEVA RAYA LACHIT BARPHUKAN LAUTADITYA MANGAL PANDE NOOR JAHAN PADMIN! PANNA AND HADI RANI PAURAVA AND ALEXANDER PRITHVIRAJ CHAUHAN RAIA BHOLA RAIA RAIA CHOUA RANA KUMBHA RANA PRATAP RANA SANGA RANI DURGAVATI RANI OF JHANS RANUIT SINGH RASH BEHARI BOSE SAMUDRA GUPTA SHAH JAHAN SHALIVAHANA SHIVALL SHIVAJL TALES OF SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE SULTANA RAZIA TANALI TIPU SULTAN. VEER HAMMIR VEER SAVARKAR VIKRAMADITYA [ACK VISIONARIES Inspiring tole of thinkers, social reformers and nation builders ‘ADI SHANKARA, ‘AMBEDKAR, BABASAHEB BASAVESHWARA, BIRLA GD. BUDDHA CHANAKYA CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU CCHINMAYANANDA, SWAMI CHOKHA MELA DAYANANDA DESHBANDHU CHITTANRANIAN DAS. FAHIEN ‘GURU ARAN. GURU GOBIND SINGH (GURU NANAK (GURU TEGH BAHADUR HIUEN TSANG. JRO.TATA, JAGADIS CHANDRA BOSE JAMSETIITATA JAWAHARLAL NEHRU JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN INANESHWAR KABIR KALIDASA LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI LOKAMANYA TAK MADHVACHARYA MAHATMA GANDHI MAHAVIRA -MEGASTHENES MIRABA PRANAVANANDA, SWARM! RABINDRANATH TAGORE RAMAKRISHNA, SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI RAMANUJA RAM SHASTRI SAIBABA, TALES OF SHANKAR DEV SOORDAS SUBRAMANIA BHARATI TANSEN TULSIDAS VIDYASAGAR YIVEKANANDA, ZARATHUSHTRA, [ACK SPECIAL ISSUES BHAGAWAT - THE KRISHNA AVATAR DASHA AVATAR JESUS CHRIST MAHABHARATA RAM CHARIT MANAS VAUMIKI'S RAMAYANA All titles available on www.AmarChitraKatha.comNs) oon LOLt@leL:3 THE FEARLESS BOY Young Samkicca had learned the secret of happiness. Following Be en teachings not only freed him from desire and terror but PMU lot Ea cele AR oer Peg ae ae RRM esol Ta rely MeN Rt se maT ee Dre Rea ree Re Oe ee ea et ere) the dishonest were left bewailing their fate. OTHER ACK oy oe 3, kaa ALSO LOOK FOR: Pras Tee ara inrelKole) INDIE Reesor) Cas aes Neen) Rae seu eRe