Aditya Prakashan

Aditya Prakashan is an Indian publishing house, bookseller and distributor headquartered at 2/18, Ansari Road, New Delhi. It operates an online bookstore at adityaprakashan.com and describes itself as a seller of Indian books across subjects including history, religion, philosophy, Ayurveda, reprints, academic works, sociology, Buddhism, Hinduism, occult science, Islam, Sikhism and medical science. The company also acts as a distributor for several scholarly imprints and institutions, listing Publications Available Under Our Distribution such as Aditya Prakashan, Studio Orientalia, Central University of Tibetan Studies (Sarnath), Deshana (Pune), the French Institute of Pondicherry, Voice of India and the Indian and Tibetan Studies Series. Aditya Prakashan publishes high-quality research works on Buddhism and Hinduism from scholars around the world, notably under the renowned Satapitaka Series. Its catalogue spans Indology, arts and politics, with featured titles including Early Matters: Essays on the History of Buddhist Art in Zangskar, Western Himalaya by Rob Linrothe; Reenchantment: Masterworks of Sculpture in Village Temples of Bihar and Orissa; Refractions of Kabir and Tulsidas in Post-Independence Hindi Literature by Fabio Mangraviti; Shadow Puppets of South-East Asia by Lokesh Chandra; The Tantric Worship of Mahaganapati; Italian Scholars on India, Vol. II; and Samkatha: Melanges a la memoire de Pandit N.R. Bhatt. The website organises books by subject, with a History category alone returning over 1,100 records, and offers customer services such as order tracking, downloads, mailing-list subscriptions and online payment. The firm positions itself within the niche of serious academic and Indological publishing, serving scholars, libraries and general readers interested in South Asian and Buddhist studies. Its physical address in the Ansari Road book-publishing district of Delhi and its telephone and email contacts are published on the site. While its exact founding year and ownership structure are not stated in the available evidence, Aditya Prakashan is an active private enterprise with a distinct identity as both a publisher of original scholarship and a specialist retailer and distributor of Indian books worldwide.

Aditya Prakashan is a New Delhi-based publishing and bookselling enterprise that has built its identity around Indological scholarship. The available evidence does not state a founding year, but the company operates from 2/18, Ansari Road, New Delhi-110002, an address in the traditional book-publishing quarter of the city, and maintains an active e-commerce website at adityaprakashan.com. Its catalogue and distribution network indicate a long-standing involvement in academic publishing. The firm describes itself as publishing high-quality research works on Buddhism and Hinduism from scholars around the world, with many titles issued under the renowned Satapitaka Series. Over time it has expanded from publishing into bookselling and distribution, representing imprints and institutions such as Studio Orientalia, the Central University of Tibetan Studies at Sarnath, Deshana of Pune, the French Institute of Pondicherry, Voice of India and the Indian and Tibetan Studies Series. This dual role—publisher of original scholarship and distributor of other scholarly lists—has made it a recognised node in the international network of South Asian and Buddhist studies. Its online store organises a large inventory by subject, with categories including history, religion, philosophy, Ayurveda, sociology, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, occult science and medical science. A search for History alone returns more than 1,100 records, reflecting the depth of the backlist. Featured and recent titles include Early Matters: Essays on the History of Buddhist Art in Zangskar, Western Himalaya by Rob Linrothe; Reenchantment: Masterworks of Sculpture in Village Temples of Bihar and Orissa; Refractions of Kabir and Tulsidas in Post-Independence Hindi Literature by Fabio Mangraviti; Shadow Puppets of South-East Asia by Lokesh Chandra; The Tantric Worship of Mahaganapati according to the Nityotsava and other texts by Gudrun Buhnemann; Italian Scholars on India, Vol. II, edited by Raffaele Torella; Samkatha: Melanges a la memoire de Pandit N.R. Bhatt; and The East Mebon Stele Inscription from Angkor (K.528) by Dominic Goodall. These titles illustrate the house's focus on rigorous, text-based scholarship in art history, religious studies, philology and regional history. The company also provides customer services such as order tracking, downloadable materials, a mailing list for new releases and special offers, and online payment. Its contact details—telephone +91.11.23282047 and email contact@adityaprakashan.com—are published on the site. While ownership and corporate structure are not disclosed in the evidence, Aditya Prakashan remains an active private enterprise serving scholars, libraries and readers interested in the Indian subcontinent and the wider Buddhist world.

Specialist publisher, bookseller and distributor of high-quality Indological, Buddhist and Hindu scholarly literature.

• Early Matters: Essays on the History of Buddhist Art in Zangskar, Western Himalaya

• 2022

  Italian Scholars on India, Vol. II: History, Economy, Society

• Shadow Puppets of South-East Asia

• The Tantric Worship of Mahaganapati according to the Nityotsava and other texts

• Refractions of Kabir and Tulsidas in post-Independence Hindi literature

• Reenchantment: masterworks of sculpture in village temples of Bihar and Orissa

• Samkatha: Melanges a la memoire de Pandit N.R. Bhatt

• The East Mebon Stele Inscription from Angkor (K.528): a Sanskrit eulogy of the tenth-century Khmer Sovereign Rajendra...

1. 1Aditya Prakashan official website homepageadityaprakashan.com
2. 2Early Matters: Essays On The History Of Buddhist Art In Zangskar, Western Himalayaadityaprakashan.com
3. 3Italian Scholars On India, Vol.II: History, Economy, Societyadityaprakashan.com
4. 4Buy Books on History from Adityaprakashan.comadityaprakashan.com
5. 5Wikidata: Aditya Prakashanwikidata.org