Having already thanked Harry privately, I must again express here how grateful 
I am for his kindly providing this, especially because I had trouble 
downloading it myself.

Howard

> On Mar 27, 2024, at 4:53 PM, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> In case it is of interest to anyone else, here are links to volumes 1 thru 19 
> of Mahabharata on archive.org <http://archive.org/>.
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Harry Spier <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 4:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Mahabharata CE
> To: Howard Resnick <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> 
> 
> Hi Howard,
> Here are the links to pdfs of  volumes 1 thru 19 on  archive.org 
> <http://archive.org/>
> vol. 1 
> https://archive.org/download/SukthankarMbhAdiparvan20141026/Sukthankar_Mbh_%C4%81diparvan_2014-10-26.pdf
> vol.2 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.283220/2015.283220.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 3 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327550/2015.327550.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 4 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327556/2015.327556.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol 5 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327557/2015.327557.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 6 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327547/2015.327547.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 7 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327549/2015.327549.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 8 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327548/2015.327548.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> Vol. 9  https://archive.org/download/dli.ernet.277473/277473-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 10 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327555/2015.327555.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol 11 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.485492/2015.485492.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 12 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327551/2015.327551.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 13 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.485851/2015.485851.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 14 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327558/2015.327558.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 15 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.486148/2015.486148.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 16 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327561/2015.327561.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 17 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327560/2015.327560.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 18 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327565/2015.327565.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> vol. 19 
> https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.327564/2015.327564.The-Mahabharata.pdf
> Harry Spier
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 3:31 PM Howard Resnick <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> My sincere gratitude.
>> 
>>> On Mar 27, 2024, at 12:32 PM, Harry Spier <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ill send you the links later today
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024, 12:05 PM Howard Resnick <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>> Greetings Harry!
>>>> 
>>>> I’m afraid I am rather inept at internet searches and am having trouble 
>>>> finding the BORI MBh at archive.org <http://archive.org/>. Any help here 
>>>> would be greatly appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Howard
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 26, 2024, at 9:19 PM, Harry Spier <[email protected] 
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Howard,
>>>>> A quick look at archive.org <http://archive.org/> shows that many of the 
>>>>> earlier volumes are downloadable .  I see up to vol. 19 by Sukthankar.
>>>>> Harry Spier
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 9:03 PM Harry Spier <[email protected] 
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>> Dear list members,
>>>>>> Shouldn't many of the volumes of the BORI critical edition now be in the 
>>>>>> public domain?.
>>>>>> This wikipedia page on the Indian copyright law 
>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_India
>>>>>> states that for works published before 1958 the Indian Copyright Act, 
>>>>>> 1914 is applicable.
>>>>>> And the Indian copyright act of 1914 (link below)
>>>>>> https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/in/in121en.
>>>>>> pdf page 20 (pdf page 16) states:
>>>>>> 3. The term for which copyright shall subsist shall, except as otherwise 
>>>>>> exressly provided by this Act, be the life of the author and a period of 
>>>>>> 50 years after his death:. . . .
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Harry Spier
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 7:51 PM Howard Resnick via INDOLOGY 
>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Dear Scholars,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Is there any way to get a digital version of the B.O.R.I. Critical 
>>>>>>> Edition of Mahabharata? If not, are the hard copies that are for sale 
>>>>>>> more durable than the old ones which seem to fall apart with use?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks and best wishes,
>>>>>>> Howard
>>>>>>> 
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>> 
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