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As we have planned to cover all folktales of India, the following books of Indian folktales have been translated into Hindi. The number in parantheses before the title indicates the No of Series "Classic Books of India". A total of 13 books have been translated from India so far.
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(22) Deccan Nursery Tales or Fairy Tales from Deccan (20 tales)
By Charles Augustus Kincaid. 1914.

1. The Sunday Story
2. The Monday Story
3. The Tuesday Story
4. The Wednesday and Thursday Story
5. The Friday Story
6. The Saturday Story
7. Mahalaxmi and Two Queens
8. The Island Palace
9. Nagoba the Snake King
10. Parwati and the Beggarman

11. Parwati and the Brahman
12. Soma the Washerwoman
13. Vashishta and the Four Queens
14. The Lamps and the King's Daughter-in-law
15. Parwati and the Priest
16. The Rishi and the Brahman
17. The King and the Water Goddesses
18. The Lid of the Sacred Casket
19. The Brahman Wife and Her Seven Sons
20. The Golden Temple

(4) Folktales of Bengal (22 tales)
by Lal Behari Dey. 1889. Published : Delhi : National Book Trust. 2020

1. Life's Secret

2. Phakir Chand

3. The Indigent Brahman

4. The Story of the Rakshas

5. The Story of Swet-Basanta

6. The Evil Eye of Sani

7. The Boy Whom Seven Mothers Suckled

8. The Story of Prince Sobur

9. The Origin of Opium

10. Strike But Hear
11. The Adventures of Two Thieves and of Their Sons

12. The Ghost-Brahman

13. The Man Who Wished to be Perfect

14. A Ghostly Wife

15. The Story of a Brahmadaitya

16. The Story of a Hiraman

17. The Origin of Rubies

18. The Matchmaking Jackal

19. The Boy With the Moon on His Forehead

20. The GhosBeing Bagged

21. The Field of Bones

22. The Bald Wife

(11) Folktales of Kashmir (64 tales)
by James Hinton Knowles. 1887.

Part 1

1. Seven Legged Beast

2. The Cat Who Became a Queen

3. Good King Hatim

4. Metempsychosis

5. The Charmed Ring

6. The Crow Girl

7. One Laksh Rupees For a Bit of Advice

8. Ogress Queen

9. The Goldsmith and His Friends

10. The Tale of a Princess

11. The Prince Who Was Changed into a Ram

12. Saiyid and Said

13. The Cruel Merchant

14. The Man From Shiraz

15. Shabrang Prince and Thief

Part 2

16. The Troublesome Friend

17. The Wicked Stepmother

18. The True Friendship

19. Three Blind Men

20. All For a Paisa

21. Pride Abased

22. The Two Brothers

23. Base Friend

24. Haya Band and Zuhra Khotan

25. The Clever Jackal

26. A Stupid Boy

27. Four Princes Turned Into Stones

28. Brave Princess

29. The Three Princes

30. The Diligent King

31. The Ivory City and Its Fairy Princess

32. A Strange Request

33. The Unjust King and Wicked Goldsmith

34. The Philosopher's Stone

35. How the Wicked Sons Were Duped

Part 3

36. A Stupid Husband and His Clever Wife

37. The Prayerful Faqir

38. Unity is Strength

39. The Pir of Phattapur

40. The Sagacious Governor

41. Their Only Ruby

42. The Jackal King

43. The Black and White Beards

44. The Story of a Weaver

45. The Robbers Robbes

46. The Young Gambling Merchant

47. The Day Thief and the Night Thief

48. The Cunning Goldsmith

49. How the Princess Found Her Husband

50. The Clever Parrot

51. The Malecontent Cured

52. The Stupid Peasant

53. Karm or Dharm

54. Four Wicked Sons and Their Luck

55. Sharaf the Thief

56. The King and His Treacherous Wazir

Part 4

57. The Shipwrecked Prince

58. Gagar Wol and His Servant Ratun

59. Wicked Queens

60. The Four Princes

61. Jogi's Daughter

62. Gullala Shah

63. Why the Fish Laughed

64. Nagray and Himal

(34) Indian Antiquary (18 tales)
by Various Authors. 1872.


1. The Serpent Worship 2. Story of Dardu 3. Bengali Folklore 4. Oudh Folklore 5. One More Bengali Folklore 6. Third Bengali Folktale 7. Legend of the Origin of the Tungbhadra River 8. The Prince and a Hermit 9. The Prince Dalim and Fairies	10. Four Friends 11. History of a Rogue 12. The Merchant and the Demon 13. On the Brihatkatha of Kshemendra 14. Mandara Hill 15. Some Eminent Characters of Sanskrit Literature 16. Narayan Swami 17. Some of the Account of Palis of Dinajpur 18. Lake Legend of Central Provinces

(28) Indian Fairy Tales (29 tales)
by Joseph Jacobs. London : David Nutt. 1912.

1. 1. The Lion and the Crane
2. How the King's Son Won the Princess Labam
3. The Lambikin
4. Punchkin
5. The Broken Pot
6. The Magic Fiddle
7. The Cruel Crane Outwitted
8. Loving Laili
9. The Tiger, the Brahman and the Jackal
10. The Soothsayer's Son
11. Harisarman
12. The Charmed Ring
13. The Talkative Tortoise 1
14. A Lac of Rupees for one Piece of Advice

15. A Gold Giving Serpent
16. The Son of Seven Queens
17. A Lesson for Kings
18. Pride Goeth Before a Fall
19. Raja Rasalu
20. An Ass in the Lion's Skin
21. The Farmer and the Moneylander
22. The Boy Who Had a Moon on his Forehead
23. The Prince and the Fakir
24. Why the Fish Laughed
25. The Demon With the Matted Hair
26. The Ivory City and Its Fairy Princess
27. Sun Moon Wind Go Out to Dinner
28. How the Wicked Sons Were Duped
29. The Pigeon and the Crow

(30) Indian Fairy Tales (30 tales)
by MSH Stokes. 1880.

1. Phulmati Rani
2. The Pomegranate King
3. The Cat and the Dog
4. The Cat Which Could Not be Killed
5. The Jackal and the Kite
6. The Voracious Frog
7. The Story of Foolish Sachuli
8. Barber Him and the Tigers
9. The Bulbul and the Cotton Tree
10. The Monkey Prince
11. Brave Hiralalbasa
12. The Man Who Went to Seek His Fate
13. The Upright King
14. Loving Laili
15. How King Burtal Became a Fakir

16. Some of the Doings of Shekh Farid
17. The Mouse
18. The Wonderful Story
19. The Fakir Nanaksa Saves the Merchant's Life
20. The Boy Who Had a Moon on His forehead�
21. The Bel Princess
22. How the Raja's Son Won the Princess Labam
23. The Princess Who liked Her Father Like Salt
24. The Demon is at Last Conquered by the King's Son
25. The Fan Prince
26. The Bed
27. Panwpatti Rani
28. The Clever Wife
29. Raja Harichand's Punishment
30. The King's Son and Wazir's Daughter

(32) Indian Nights Entertainment (85 tales)
by Charles Swynnerton. London : Elliot Stock. 1892.

Part 1

1. Sagacious Lumberdar

2. Banyerwal and the Thief

3. The Tiger and the Hare

4. The Greedy Monkey

5. Repentance

6. The Preacher Confounded

7. The Prince Ahmed and the Flying Horse

8. The Man and the Bear

9. The Miser and the Grain of Wheat

10. Baneyr Man and the Mill

11. Farmer, His Wife and the Open Door

12. The Four Associates

13. The Story of Lull, the Idiot

14. The Famous Saint and the Pilgrim

15. The Love of Money

16. Characteristic Pride of Baneyrwal

17. The False Witness

18. The King and the Parrot

19. The Old Weaver and the Camel's Footprints

20. Griba, the Weaver

21. Eesala and Caneesara

22. The Story of the King and the Four Girls

23. The Mule and the Traveler

24. The Frog and the Farrier

25. The Elephant and His Keeper

26. The Four Weavers

27. The King and His Daughters

28. The Widow of Baneyr

29. The Gardener's Wife the Potter's Wife and the Camel

30. The Three Weavers

31. The Weaver's Mistake

32. The Deluded Weavers

33. The King and the Farmer

34. The Weaver and the Prophecy

35. The Baneyr and His Drowning Wife

36. The Frog and Kashmir

37. The Adventures of Ulphoo and Shurphoo

38. A Slight Mistake

39. The Thief and the Poor Man

40. The Traveler and His Camel

41. The Two Friends

42. The Young Man and the Snake

43. The Weaver and the Thieves

44. The Traveler and the Oilman

Part 2
45. An Unfortunate Jackal
46. The Weaver and the Watermelon
47. The Prince and the Vazir's Son
48. The Famine and the Weaver
49. Two Weavers and the Grasshoppers
50. Pathan and the Plums
51. Shishat Khan of Lahore
52. The Philosopher Banerwal
53. Nine-Killing Khan
54. Nine-Killing Khan
55. Silversmith and His Mother's Bangle
56. How the Woman Could Not Hide the Secret
57. The Story of Ali the Merchant and the Brahman
58. The Two Misers
59. The King and the Robbers
60. The Painted Jackal
61. The Jackal and the Ewe-sheep.
62. Gholam Badshah and His son Malik
63. The Queen and the Goldsmith
64. The Wild Dog of Peehoor
65. The Weaver and the priest
66. The Jackal and the Fleas
67. The Silly Jackass
68. The Friendly rat
69. The Stubborn Nature of the Afghans
70. A Story of a Barber
71. The Adventures of Roop and Bussunt
72. The Banyerwal and His Mother
73. Fuzzle Noor and the Demon
74. Seven Wise Men of Buneyr
75. The Foolish Quack
76. The Camel and the Rat
77. The Crow and Its Young
78. The Two Simple Baneyrs.
79. The Baneyr Man and the Boat
80. Gholam Badshah and His Son Ghool
81. Lal Badshah the Red King
82. Prince Bairam and the Fairy Bride
83. The Silly Weaver-girl
84. The Tiger and the Cat
85. The Princess and the Ogres

(23) Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Tales (24 tales)
by Mary Frere. 5th ed 1889.

Part 1

1. Punchkin

2. A Funny Story

3. Brave Seventee Bai

4. Truth's Triumph

5. Rama and Laxman or The Learned Owl

6. Little Surya Bai

7. Wanderings of Vicram Maharajah

8. Less Equality Than Men Deem

Part 2
9. Panchphul
10. When the Sun the Moon and the Wind Went Out to Dinner
11. Singh Raja and Cunning Little Jackals
12. Jackal, Barber and a Brahman Who Had Seven Daughters
13. Tit For Tat
14. The Brahman, the Tiger and Six Judges
15. The Selfish Sparrow and the Houseless Crows
16. The Valiant Chattee-maker
17. Rakshas' Palace
18. The Blind Man, the Deaf Man and the Donkey
19. Muchie-Lal
20. Chundun Raja
21. Sodeva Bai
22. Chandra's Venegeance
23. How the Three Clever Men Outwitted the Demons
24. The Alligator and the Jackal

(28) Qissaye Chahar Dervesh or Bagh-O-Bahar (5 tales)
by Amir Khusro. Between 1300 and 1325. / Translated in Urdu by Mir Imman. 1804.
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1. Adventures of the First Darwish
2. Adventures of the First Darwish-Concluded
3. Adventures of the Second Darwish
4. Adventures of the Second Darwish-Concluded
5. Adventures of Azad Bakht
6. Adventures of Azad Bakht-Cocluded
7. Adventures of the Third Darwish
8. Adventures of the Fourth Darwish

(31) Romantic Tales of the Panjab (7 tales)
By Charles Swynnerton. Westminster : Archibald. 1903.

1. Love Story of Hir and Ranjha

2. The Story of Gul Badshah

3. The Rasalu Legend (12)

3-1. Rasalu's Early Life

3-2. Raja Rasalu in Gujrat

3-3. Rasalu-'s Revolt

3-4. Hunter King-Raja Rasalu and Mirshikari

3-5. Rasalu and the Swans

3-6. Raja Rasalu and Raja Bhoj

3-7. Rasalu and the Giants

3-8. Tilyar Nag and Sundar Kag

3-9. Raja Rasalu and Rajaa Sirikap

3-10. Treason of Kokila

3-11. The Fate of Rani Kokila

3-12. Death of Rajaa Rasalu

4. The Story of Nek Bakht

5. The Love Story of Mirza and Sahiban

6. The Story of Puran Bhagat

7. Shorter Stories (6)

7-1. The Man Who Missed the Mare on Which He Was Riding

7-2. The Blind Beggar Who Wanted to Touch

7-3. The Crafty Fakir and the Foolish King

7-4. Of Pathan Who Wanted His Ass Turned Into a Man

7-5. A Jungle Tale

7-6. Story of Ruby

(29) Shuk Saptati (70 tales)
by Unknown. 12th Century. Translated by B Hale Wortham. 1911.

1. Mohana and Lakshmi

2. Yashodevi and Her Transmigrations

3. Prince Sudarshan and Vimala

4. The Stupid Brahman Who Married a Witch

5. The Queen and the Laughing Fish

6. Sumati Jayanti and Ganesha

7. The Brahman and the Migical Cloak

8. The Merchant Who Lost his House and the Prperty

9. The Queen and the Laughing Fish Concluded

10. Devas and His Two Wives

11. Rambhika and Her Brahman Lover

12. Shobhika and the Vakul Tree

13. The Wily Rajika

14. The Ingenious Dhanashri

15. What Sridevya Did When She Lost Her Anklet

16. Mugdika Who Gor the Better of Her Husband

17. Gunadhyaya the Brahman of Ready Wit

18. Not Available

19. The Prudent Santika Who Saved Her Husband's Credit

20. Kelika Who deceived Her Husband by Pretended Affection

21. Not Available

22. Madhaka and the Camel

23. The Son of the Promise Who Lost All His Money

24. Not Available

25. The Buddhist Mendicant

26. Ratnadevi and Her two Lovers

27. Not Available

28. What Devika Did Whe She Was Caught With Her Lover

29. The Clever Sundari

30. Muladeva Who Saved Himself by HIs Tact

31. Shashak the Hare and the Lion

32. Rajani and the Bundle of Wheat

33. Rambhika and Her Four Lovers

34. The Brahman the Girl and the Five Ears of Corn

35. Shambhak the Seed Merchant

36. Nayini and the Silk Dress

37. Purnapal the Ploughman and the Master's Daughter

38. Not Available

39. Iron Weights and Scales Which Were Eaten by Mice

40. Subuddhi and Kubuddhi

41. Not Available

42. The Lady Tiger Slayer

43. The Lady Tiger Slayer, contd

44. The Lady Tiger Slayer, contd

45. Not Available

46. The Goblin and the Brahman's Wife

47. The Goblin and the Brahman's Wife, concluded

48. Shakatala the Wise Minister

49. Not Available

50. Dharmabuddhi and Dushtabuddhi

51. The Brahmana Who Put the Thieves to Flight

52. The Asventures of Durdamana and His Three Companions

53. Not Available

54. Dharmadatta and His Minister Vishnu

55. The Cheating Brahmana and the Cobbler

56. Not Available

57. Chandralekha Who Fell in Love With One of King's Wise Maen

58. Not Available

59. The Stupid and Ill-tempered Rajaputra

60. Haridatta and the Jewelled Hall

61. Tejuka and the Pretender Doctor

62. Not Available

63. Not Available

64. Not Available

65. The Disciple of the Ascetic and the Meat

66. The Fowler and the Pigeons

67. The Monkey and the Crocodile

68. The Brahmana and the Merchant's Daughter

69. Vajika Who Pretended to Fall in the Tank

70. The Gandharva's Daughter Who Was Cursed by Narada

(10) Tales of the Punjab (43 tales)
by Flora Annie Steel. Macmillan and Co. 1894.

1. Sir Buzz
2. The Rat's Wedding
3. The Faithful Prince
4. Bear's Bad Bargain
5. Prince Lionheart and His Three Friends
6, The Lambikin
7. Bopoluchi
8. Princess Aubergine
9. Valiant Vicky the Brvae Weaver
10. The Son of Seven Mothers
11. The Sparrow and the Crow
12. The Tiger the Brahman and the Jackal
13. The King of the Crocodiles
14. Little Anklebone
15. The Close Alliance
16. The Two Brothers
17. The Jackal and the Iguana
18. The Death and Burial of Poor Hen-sparrow
19. The Princess Papperina
20. Peasie and Beansie
21. The Jacka and the Partridge
22. The Snake Woman and Ali Mardaan Khan

23. The Wonderful Ring
24. The Jackal and the Peahen
25. The Grain of Corn
26. The Farmaer and the Money-lender
27. The Lord of Death
28. The Wrestlers
29. The Legend of Gwashbrari the Legend of Glacier-hearted Queen
30. The Barbar's Clever Wife
31. The Jackal and the Crocodile
32. How Raja Rasalu Was Born
33. How Raja Rasalu Went Out in the World
34. How Raja Rasalu's Friends Forsook Him
35. How Raja Sasalu Killed the Giants
36. How Raja Rasalu Became a Jogi
37. Raja Rasalu Journeyed to the King of the King of Sarkap
38. How Raja Rasalu Swung the Seventy Fair Maidens
39. How Raja Rasalu Played Chaupad With Sarkap
40. The King Who Was Fried
41. Prince Half-a-Son
42. Mother and Daughter Worshipped the Sun
43. The Ruby Prince

Wide-Awake Storie (43 tales)
by Flora Annie Steel and RC Temple. Bombay: Education Society Press. 1884.
It is the same as "Tales of the Punjab" by Flora Annie Steel given above - Series No 10

1. Sir Buzz
2. The Rat's Wedding
3. The Faithful Prince
4. Bear's Bad Bargain
5. Prince Lionheart and His Three Friends
6. The Lambikin
7. Bopoluchi
8. Princess Aubergine
9. Valiant Vicky, the Brave Weaver
10. The Son of Seven Mothers
11. The Sparrow and the Crow
12. The Tiger, The Brahman and the Jackal
13. The King of the Crocodiles
14. Little Anklebone
15. The Close Alliance
16. The Two Brothers
17. The Jackal and the Iguana
18. The Death and Burial of Poor Hen-Sparrow
19. The Princess Pepperina
20. Peasie and Beansie
21. The Jackal and the Partridge
22. The Snake-Woman and King Ali Mardaan

23. The Wonderful Ring
24. The Jackal and the Pea-hen
25. The Grain of Corn
26. The Farmer and the Money-Lender
27. The Lord of Death
28. The Wrestlers
29. The Legend of Gwashbrari, the Glacier-Hearted Queen
30. The Barbaer's Clever Wife
31. The Jackal and the Crocodile
32. How Raja Rasalu Was Born
33. How Raja Rasalu Went Out Into the World
34. How Raja Rasalu's Friends Forsook Him
35. How Raja Rasalu Killed the Giants
36. How Raja Rasalu Became a Jogi
37. How Raja Rasalu Journeyed to the City of King Sarkap
38. How Raja Rasalu Swung the Seventy Fair Maidens
39. How Raja Rasaly Played Chaupur With King Sarkap
40. The King Who Was Fried
41. Prince Half-a-Son
42. The Mother and Daughter Who Worshipped the Sun
43. The Ruby Prince

(19) Tales of the Sun or Folklore of South India (26 tales)
by Mrs Howard Kingscote and Pandit Natesa Sastri. London : WH Allen. 1890

1. The Story of the Three Deaf Men
2. Why Brahman Do Not Eat in Dark
3. Soothsayer's Son
4. Ranvirsingh
5. Charity Alone Conquers
6. Vidamundan and Codamundan
7. Vayalvallan and Kaiyvall
8. The Mother-in-law Became an Ass
9. The Story of Appayya
10. Barahman Girl Who Married a Tiger
11. The Good Husband and the Bad Wife
12. The Good Wife and the Bad Husband
13. The Lost Camel and Other Tales

14. The Monkey With the Tom Tom
15. Pride Goeth Before a Fall
16. Good Will Grows Out of Good
17. Light Brings Prosperity
18. Chandralekha and the Eight Robbers
19. The Conquest of Fate
20. The Brahman Priest Who Became an Amildar
21. The Gardener's Cunning Wife
22. Keep it for the Beggar
23. Good Luck to the Lucky One
24. Retaliation
25. The Beggar and the Five Muffins
26. The Brahmarakshas and the Hair

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