India: Recommended Reading

India Travel Guides

Martin recommends these travel guides 

For further study about India, Martin Gray recommends the following books:

Travels Through Sacred India	Sacred Waters: A Pilgrimage up the Ganges River to the Source of Hindu Culture	The Essentials of Hinduism: A Comprehensive Overview of the World's Oldest Religion
Seeing Spiritual India: A Guide to Temples, Holy Sites, Festivals and Traditions	The Hindus: An Alternative History	Hindu Gods and Goddesses: 300 Iliustrations from the "The Hindu Pantheon"
Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization	A Traveller's History of India (Traveller's History)	An Introduction to Hinduism (Introduction to Religion)
Banaras: The City Revealed	Shiva: The Wild God o Power and Ecstasy	The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms
Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India	Banaras, Diana Eck	Seven Sacred Rivers
The Book of Vishnu	Vishnu An Introduction	Journey through the Twelve Forests: An Encounter with Krishna
The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners	The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi	The Book of Krishna (Book Of... (Penguin Books)
The Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation	The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics)	Journey through the Twelve Forests: An Encounter with Krishna
The Bhagavad Gita (Classics of Indian Spirituality)	Sadhus: India's Mystic Holy Men	While the Gods Play: Shaiva Oracles and Predictions on the Cycles of History and the Destiny of Mankind
Shiva: The Wild God o Power and Ecstasy	Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Tradition	Khajuraho and Its Historic Surroundings (Odyssey Guides)
Khajuraho (Monumental Legacy Series)	Religious Imagery of Khajuraho	Khajuraho: With Latest Discoveries >
Holy Places of the Buddha Crystal Mirror 9	The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living	Teachings of the Buddha
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching	Beyond the Self: Teachings on the Middle Way	Buddha, KAREN ARMSTRONG
Light of Liberation: A History of Buddhism in India (Crystal Mirror Series, Vol. 8)	Holy Places of Buddhism in Nepal and India: A Guide to Sacred Places in Buddha's Lands	The Golden Temple: And Other Sikh Holy Places
The Wisdom of Sikhism	The Sikhs	Seeing Spiritual India: A Guide to Temples, Holy Sites, Festivals and Traditions
The Sikhs of the Punjab	Journey Through Jainism	Jainism: An Introduction (I.B. Taurus Introductions to Religion)
Life Force : The World of Jainism	The Heart of Jainism (Classic Reprint)	An Introduction to Jainism
Sanchi and its remains; a full description of the ancient buildings, sculptures, and inscriptions at Sanchi, near Bhilsa, in Central India	Sanchi (Monumental Legacy)	Holy Places of the Buddha Crystal Mirror 9
Wandering with Sadhus: Ascetics in the Hindu Himalayas	Autobiography of a Sadhu: A Journey into Mystic India