motilal jain successor banarasidass jain country of origin india headquarters location 41 u.a. bungalow road jawahar nagar delhi 110007 . distribution worldwide key people varun jain chief executive officer nonfiction topics indology sanskrit official website mlbd.com motilal banarsidass mlbd is a leading indian publishing house on sanskrit and indology since 1903 located in delhi india . it publishes and distributes serials monographs and scholarly publications on asian religion philosophy history culture arts architecture archaeology language literature linguistics musicology mysticism yoga tantra occult medicine astronomy astrology and other related subjects and to date have published over 5 000 works . 1 its noted publications are the 100 volumes of the mahapuranas sacred books of the east 50 volumes edited by max m ller ; bibliotheca buddhica 30 volumes in 32 pts ; ramcharitmanas with hindi and english translation the manusmriti in ten volumes and the sanskrit lexicon and encyclopedia of indian philosophies 7 volumes . it also brings out books based on research and study conducted at organisations such as the indian council of historical research ichr indira gandhi national centre for the arts ignca and indian council for cultural relations iccr . 2 3 it has a turnover of approximately rs 5 6 crore roughly 75 % coming from exports . 4 contents 1 history 2 shops 3 publications 4 references 5 external links history edit motilal banarsidass shop in north delhi motilal banarsidass publishers was first established in lahore in 1903 by lala motilal jain a descendant of the family of court jewellers to maharaja ranjit singh in amritsar . motilal borrowed rs . 27 from his wife s savings that she had earned from her knitting work to start a bookshop selling sanskrit books in said mitha bazar in lahore . he named it after his eldest son motilal banarsidass jain who later took charge of the publishing business . the interior of motilal banarsidass in delhi in 1911 mlbd opened a branch at mai sewan bazar amritsar under the supervision of lala sundarlal jain another son of lala motilal jain though after the untimely death of lala banarasidass in 1912 sundarlal jain his only surviving brother had to close this establishment and relocate to lahore to look after the family business . soon he was joined by his young nephew shantilal jain who had just finished school who eventually became the company s chairman . soon a printing unit was also set up and the publishing house was established . 5 in 1937 a branch was started in patna at the suggestion of rajendra prasad . subsequently during the partition of india a riot burnt down the lahore shop . post independence the family moved to india and initially stayed at bikaner and patna before moving to varanasi in 1950 where it set up shop in 1951 and finally shifted base to delhi in 1958 . today it is one of the few large publishing houses in the world who have their in house printing unit . in 1992 shantilal jain was awarded the padma shri by govt . of india the first ever padma award for outstanding community service through publishing . 3 today shantilal s eldest son narendra prakash jain widely known as prakash and his four brothers and their sons along with their mother leela jain who is company s chairperson run the business . 1 2 in 2003 the company celebrated its centenary at a function in chennai where kanchi sankaracharya jayendra saraswathi honoured three sankrit scholars r. balasubramaniam b.m.k. sharma and k.v. sharma . 6 at function held at bangalore governor of karnataka t.n. chaturvedi felicitated centenarian sudhakar chaturvedi s.m.s. chari and b.k. krishnamurthy of hyderabad for their contribution to indology and eminent astrologer b.v. raman was honoured posthumously . 7 shops edit its main shop in delhi is on bungalow road jawahar nagar in the university of delhi north campus area behind kirori mal college . it houses indological literature of around 30 000 titles . the company has branches at mumbai kolkata chennai bangalore pune varanasi and patna 8 publications edit sacred books of the east 50 volumes edited by max m ller reprints originally oxford university press ; indian kavya literature by a. k. warder 10 volumes 7 volumes already published ; history of indian philosophy by s.n. dasgupta 5 volumes ; aspects of political ideas and institutions in ancient india by ram sharan sharma fifth revised edition 2005 sudras in ancient india a social history of the lower order down to circa a d 600 by ram sharan sharma third revised edition delhi 1990 ; reprint delhi 2002 ancient indian tradition and mythology english translation of the mahapuranas 60 volumes already published ; buddhist tradition series edited by alex wayman 30 volumes ; mlbd series in linguistics edited by dhanesh jain 10 volumes ; lala sundar lal jain research series edited by dayanand bhargava 10 volumes already published . advaita tradition series by shoun hino & k.p. jog 8 volumes already published ; performing arts series edited by farlay p. richmond 7 volumes already published . wisdom of sankara series by som raj gupta 2 volumes published ; kalamulasastra series 21 volumes published . bibliotheca buddhica 30 volumes in 32 pts ed . sergey oldenburg fyodor shcherbatskoy reprints originally st. petersburg encyclopedia of indian philosophies 7 volumes already published . references edit a b a 100 year romance with books the hindu march 13 2003 . a b treasure trove of indology the hindu november 5 2004 . a b motilal banarsidass sasnet swedish south asian studies network lund university sweden 100 years on the spiritual trail tnn the times of india june 24 2002 . indologists urge studying past asia africa intelligence wire march 23 2003 . at the function held to mark the centenary of the motilal banarsidass the hindu september 17 2003 . publishing house celebrates centenary the hindu september 14 2003 . motilal banarsidass external links edit motilal banarsidass website treasure trove of indology at the hindu motilal banarsidass delhi wikimapia . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title motilal banarsidass & oldid 742734429 categories book publishing companies of indiaindologypublishing companies established in 1903bookstores of indiacompanies based in delhireligious tract publishing companies 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 13 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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