Complete Anand Koul Collection

Between 1910s, 20s and 30s, Anand Koul remained one of the most prolific writers from Kashmir. He wrote books and shot off letters to various journals. Most of these writings are now often cited in writings about language, folklore and history of Kashmir. Last couple of years, I have been tracing, reading, uploading and sharing these works.

Works of Pandit Anand Koul complied/uploaded/scanned till now.

Pandit Anand Koul
1. A biography of Kashmiri historian Hasan Shah and History of Kashmir by Pandit Anand Koul for Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal vol 9 (1913)
History of Kashmir by Pandit Anand Koul for Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal vol 6 (1910)
Blog Link (2014)
2. Kashmiri Pandits by Pandit Anand Koul, 1924
Blog Link (2013)
3. Geography Of The Jammu And Kashmir State (1925) by Anand Koul
Book Link (2014)
4. “Birth-Place of Kalidasa By Pandit Anand Koul. Published in Journal of Indian History VII (1928).

Blog Link (2012)

5. Note on the Relation between Kashmir and Kerala (By Pandit S. Anand Koul.
Kerala Society Papers -1928. T. K. Joseph (Ed.) )

Blog Link (2013), this one was an accidental find while I was going through history of Kerala after moving to the place.
6. A Life of Nand Rishi by Pandit Anand Koul (1929)
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‘Life Sketch of Laleshwari – A Great Hermitess of Kashmir’
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(The Wise Saying of Lal Ded)
The Indian Antiquary
June, 1930

Blog Link (2014)
7. Kashmiri Riddles By Pandit Anand Koul (1933)
Link (2014)
8. Two volumes of ‘Archaeological Remains In Kashmir’ by Pandit Anand Koul, 1935

Blog Link (2012)

9. Kashmiri Proverbs Pandit Anand Koul (1933)
10. Wise Sayings of Nand Rishi by Anand Koul for ‘The Indian Antiquary’ (1933)
11. ‘Life of Rishi Pir Pandit Padshah’ by Pandit Anand Koul for ‘The Indian Antiquary’ (1931). There is a lengthy detour in the piece that touches upon story of Sarmad’s killing by Aurangzeb.

12.  ‘Life of Rupa Bhawani’ by Pandit Anand Koul and presented in ‘The Indian Antiquary’ (1932). Both this and the precious piece about Rishi Pir throw light upon the influence of Persian language among Kashmiri Pandits in around 1600s.

Link

13. Lalla-Vakyani, some additional sayings of Lal Ded collected by Pandit Anand Koul and presented in ‘The Indian Antiquary’ (1931-32-33). (one missing page, 2 sayings)

Link

14. A Visit to Kapal Mouchan by Anand Koul, 1909

Link

15. ‘The Kashmir Shawl Trade’ by Anand Koul, 1915. From ‘East And West  Vol. 14(1915)’

Important paper by Anand Koul on the Kashmiri Shawl trade with rare info. that went on to be primary source for later writings on the subject.
16. “Sanitation In Srinagar” by Anand Koul 1917. From “The Local Self-government Gazette (Vol. 3)”.
Important paper by Anand Koul on the early challenges in starting Sanitation municipal work in Srinagar as the head of the newly started department.
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