{"product_id":"three-satires-from-ancient-kashmir","title":"Three Satires from Ancient Kashmir","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Kshemendra\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Editors(s): A. N. D. Haksar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2011\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 184\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9780143063230\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorruption in government, hypocrisy in religion, avaricious greed in business: these are some of the targets of Kshemendra’s one-thousand-year-old satires. So are superstition and sexual obsession, anomalies in education and a host of other ills of the time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by a celebrated name in classical Sanskrit literature, these little known exposés of fourteenth-century society find resonance in the Indian subcontinent even today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE TRANSLATOR:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA.N.D. Haksar is a well-known translator of Sanskrit classics. Educated at the universities of Allahabad and Oxford, he was for many years a career diplomat, serving as the Indian high commissioner to Kenya and the Seychelles, minister to the United States and ambassador to Portugal and Yugoslavia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaksar's translations from the Sanskrit include The Shattered Thigh and Other Plays, Tales of the Ten Princes, Hitopadesa, Simhasana Dvatrimsika, Subhashitavali and Kama Sutra, all published as Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Kshemendra \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153706348912,"sku":"31056","price":26.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/31056.jpg?v=1793912950","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/three-satires-from-ancient-kashmir","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}