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31. Gupta, S. P. The Roots of Indian Art, 1980.
32. Ittoop, P.I. Kambaramayana Katha / 3rd ed.; Kunnamkulam (Kerala), 1940. (In Malayalam) This version of Ramayana is used by the shadowpuppeteers of Kerala.
33. Kavi, Mahipat. Bhartia Kathputli Ane Paradeshi Puppet. / Putlikala Prakashan, Ahmedabad. 2000. (In Gujrati).
34. Kavi, Mahipat. Bhartia Putlikala / Putlikala Prakashan, Ahmedabad. 2001. (In Hindi)
35. Krishnaiah. S.A. Karnataka Puppetry. / Udupi: Regional Resource Centre for Folk Performing Arts. 1988. The book is about puppets and puppet-plays of Karnataka.
36. Laksmanan Chettiar, S.M.L.Folklore of Tamil Nadu / Folklore of India Series, New Delhi, 1973. There is reference of shadow puppets as a folk theatre.
37. Mandol, Dilip Kumar. Jadur Putul. /Dilip Kumar, Kolkata. 1999. (Bengali). First Bengali book on
38. Meschke, Michael and Margaretta Soerenson. In Search of Aesthetics for the Puppet Theatre /New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. 1992. It is mainly on aesthetics in puppetry, but there is writing on how to make and play shadow puppets in appendix.
39. Ministry of Education & Culture, Govt. of India. N.Delhi. Our Cultural Fabric - Puppet Theatre in India. / 1982. The book contains four articles on different aspects of puppetry.
40. Mitra, Sanat Kumar. Paschimbanger Putulnach./ Loksanskriti Gabeshana Parishad, Kolkata. 1989. (In
41. Mudaliyar, V.S.Kamba Ramayana / Madras, 1970. A condensed version in English verse and prose.
42. Mukhopadhyay, Durgadas. Ed., Lesser Know Forms of Performing Arts in India / New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 1978.
43. Murthy, M.V.Ramana. The Art and Science of Leather Puppetry / Madras, 1976. P.67-71. It is about making of shadow puppets with leather.
44. Naik, Meena. Kalsootri Bhaulya Margdarshika./ Meena Naik's Creative Workshop, Mumbai. 2001 (Marathi). The attractive A-4 size guide book comprises 5 chapters - history of puppets in India, use of puupet in education, how to present a puppet show, how to make puppets, three puppet scripts to start with. English translation will publish soon.
45. Narayan, Shovana. Indian Theatre and Dance Tradition. / Harman Publishing House, New Delhi. 2003. This book has a chapter (no.10) on puppetry. (Pp.98-100)
46. Neog, Hari Prasad and Lila Gagai (Compiled and Edited). Assamia Sanskriti / Guwahati. (In Assamese)
47. Pani, Jiwan. Ravana Chhaya / New Delhi: Sangeet Natak Akademi, 1983. This is the first book on shadow puppet of Orissa.
48. Pani, Jiwan. Living Dolls - Story of Indian Puppets / New Delhi: Publication Devision, Govt. of India. 1986. About different traditional and contemporary puppets of India with illustrations.
49. Permar, Vijay. The Message Through Puppet Plays./
50. Pulavar, K.K.Krishnankutty. Ayodhyakanda of Tolapava Koothu / New Delhi: Sangeet Natak Akademi, 1983. (In Tamil with English summary) It has very details description on shadow puppet of Kerala. Writer was group leader of a troupe.
51. Radhakrisnamurti, Mikkilineni. Andhra Nataka Ranga Carita./ Chennai:Sri Venkateswara Printers, 1969.
52. Ramaswamy, M.V.Tolpavai Nizharsk Koothu / Madurai: Madurai Kamaraja University. (In Tamil).
53. Ramaswamy, T. The Shadow Theatre in India / Madras: International Institute of Tamil Studies.About different traditional shadow theatres of India.
54. Ramy. The Shadow Theatre in India / Madurai: 1982.
55. Ranganatha Ramayana. /Chennai: C.V.K. Book Depot, n.d.
56. Rao, G.V.Krishna. Puppets: Keelubommalu./ Macmillan: Chennai. 1997.
57. Rao, Abburi Ramakrishnan. And Toomati Denappa. Telugu Sanskriti, Vol.4/ Telugu Encyclopaedia Series. Telugu Bhasa Samity.
58. Rao, M S Nanjunda. Leather Puppetry in Karnataka / Karnataka Chitrakala Parisadh, Bangalore, Foley, K. 2000.
59. Rao, Vasanti Vaman. Knitted Indian Glove Puppets. /Publication by Author: Bangalore. 1992. It is about how to make puppets by knitting.
60. Roy, A.K. and Gidwani, N.N.A Dictionary of Indology / New Delhi: Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., 1986. Vols.1-4.

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