verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message munshiram manoharlal status active founded 1952 1952 founder manohar lal jain country of origin india headquarters location 54 rani jhansi road new delhi 110 055 india distribution worldwide key people ashok jain vikram jain nonfiction topics indology indian art art history archaeology architecture indian medicine medicinal plants ayurveda music dance theatre cinema geography travels voyages religion philosophy dictionaries glossaries handbooks encyclopaedias numismatics philately epigraphy indian history sociology anthropology social studies languages literature and linguistics imprints sanctum books bookvistas.com number of employees 100 official website mrmlonline.com mrmlbooks.com sanctumbooks.com bookvistas.com munshiram manoharlal publishers pvt. ltd. mrml is a leading publishing house located in new delhi india . established in 1952 by manohar lal jain it is one of the oldest publishing houses in india . it publishes books on social sciences and humanities and has published over 3000 academic and scholarly publications in subjects such as indian art art history architecture archaeology history culture politics numismatics geography travels voyages indian law indian medicine language literature linguistics dictionaries glossaries handbooks indices music dance theatre religion philosophy buddhism hinduism islam jainism sufism sikhism tantra mysticism yoga sanskrit literature sociology anthropology and related subjects . mrml also co publishes scholarly titles with governmental institutions and bodies such as the indian council of philosophical research icpr ; centre for studies in civilizations which is world renowned for the series of scholarly publications called the project of history of science philosophy and culture phispc ; indira gandhi national centre for the arts ignca ; and indian council of historical research ichr . in addition to this mrml publishes and reprints books in collaboration with university presses independent publishers scholars and institutions around the world . contents 1 history 2 bookstores 3 publications 4 mrml group of companies 5 references 6 external links history edit munshiram manoharlal belongs to a family of publishers who were the pioneers in indological publishing in india . the origins of the family business can be traced back to 1870 in lahore where books were published under the name of the ancestral company which was founded by mehar chand jain . he named it meharchand lachhmandas . mehar chand jain a widely respected literary figure had translated the guru granth sahib the holy book of the sikhs into english . the british decorated him for his ground breaking work . the company slowly expanded and its publications were being sold at premier bookstores all over the country . 1 2 3 meharchand lachhmandas became the first to publish several classic essential and perennial texts in the field of indology and became the premier indological publisher with a long list of published titles . it had a vast collection of manuscripts and publications from around the world at its bookshops . lahore was the centre of education at that time and the company s bookshops specialized in indology . it flourished for three subsequent generations i.e. lachhman das jain munshi ram jain and manohar lal jain . in 1947 just before the partition of india the offices press bookstore and residence were burned down by muslim activists . fortunately the women and children of the family had been evacuated earlier to amritsar . soon afterwards manohar lal jain was forced to flee to amritsar to take refuge and was helped by kind muslim neighbours who helped him escape safely across the border . the family was once again united but with no business or assets . after the partition of india there was a split in the family business . manohar lal jain separated from the parent company meharchand lachhmandas to set up his own bookselling and publishing company . in 1948 he sold the jewelry his wife had brought with her from lahore and with that money steps were taken to re establish the business . since manohar lal jain was a well known publisher with an excellent reputation it was not difficult for him to restart the business . his services to the literary world were recognized and the business flourished once again . 4 in 1952 munshiram manoharlal was founded as a bookselling and publishing company at nai sarak in delhi . it soon gained popularity and respect and became a leading indological publisher bookseller and library supplier from india . munshiram manoharlal s publications along with other publications from the indian subcontinent were now being marketed aggressively in the south asian market and exported to countries all over the world . manohar lal jain died in 1988 due to cardiac arrest . munshiram manoharlal publishers pvt. ltd. is now run by his son and his grandson namely ashok jain and vikram jain respectively . 5 bookstores edit mrml s head office principal bookstore and distribution centre is located at 54 rani jhansi road new delhi 110 055 . in addition to this it also has a city showroom called sanctum books at 68 medical association road darya ganj near hindi park new delhi 110 002 . 6 publications edit the mahabharata of krishna dwaipayana vyasa 12 volumes by kisari mohan ganguli . the astadhyayi of panini 6 volumes by rama nath sharma yogavarttika of vijnanabhiksu 4 volumes by t.s. rukmani yogasutrabhasyavivarana of sankara 2 volumes by t.s. rukmani history of science philosophy and culture in indian civilization general editor d.p. chattopadhyaya ; over 100 volumes published so far manasara series 7 volumes by prasanna kumar acharya ananda k. coomaraswamy series a source book of indian archaeology 3 volumes edited by frank raymond allchin and d. k. chakrabarti complete works of goswami tulsidas 6 volumes translated into english by s.p. bahadur ramayana in regional languages series 3 volumes published so far translated into english by shanti lal nagar calukya architecture 3 volumes by gerard foekema concise history of ancient india 3 volumes by a.k. majumdar new history of the marathas 3 volumes by govind sakharam sardesai the vedantasutras with the sribhasya of ramanujacarya 3 volumes translated into english by m.b. varadaraja aiyangar a history of sufism in india 2 volumes by s.a.a. rizvi the atharvaveda the samaveda and the yajurveda by devi chand sangitaratnakara of sarngadeva 2 volumes published so far by r.k. shringy and prem lata sharma an encyclopaedia of indian archaeology 2 volumes edited by a. ghosh the builders of indian philosophy series general editor r. balasubramanian history of the sikhs 5 volumes by hari ram gupta ancient indian massage by harish johari the coins of the indian sultanates by stan goron and j.p. goenka discourse in early buddhist art visual narratives of india by vidya dehejia slaves of the lord the path of the tamil saints by vidya dehejia the buddha image its origin and development by y. krishan kriya yoga the science of life force by swami nityanandna giri etc. 7 mrml group of companies edit the mrml group consists of the following three companies 1 . munshiram manoharlal publishers pvt. ltd. 2 . sanctum books 3 . bookvistas.com 8 references edit making money down the ages india today november 09 1998 . making money down the ages india today november 09 1998 . making money down the ages in hindi india today november 09 1998 . book barons of delhi hinduism today may 1998 . in his grandfather s footsteps frankfurt book fair website november 08 2010 . munshiram manoharlal publishers website contact us munshiram manoharlal publishers website munshiram manoharlal publishers website external links edit munshiram manoharlal website bookvistas website sanctum books website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title munshiram manoharlal & oldid 740813892 categories book publishing companies of indiaindologybookstores of indiacompanies based in delhijain mediahidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2014all articles needing additional referencesdelhi articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 23 september 2016 at 13 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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