Ancient Hinduism

Index of Hindu Literature at Internet Sacred Text Archive

Rig Veda YouTube

Bhagavad Gita

Presented at Sacred Texts

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/gita/agsgita.htm

For an introduction to Hindu Ethics, see the above link to the Bhagavad-Ghita and find the keyword 'duty':

For an introduction to Hindu Metaphysics and Epistemology, see the above link and find the keywords 'immutable' and 'absolute'

History of Modern Gita Translations (by Mishka Sinha @ Academia.edu 2010)

http://www.academia.edu/569803/A_History_of_the_Gitas_Transnational_Reception_1785-1945

Charles Wilkins Translation (1785)

What Thoreau Read

http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=2369

Sir Edwin Arnold's Verse "Song Celestial" (1885)

What Gandhi Read

http://www.hinduwebsite.com/sacredscripts/hinduism/songcelestial.asp

Gandhi's Gita (a translation with commentary by Gandhi)

http://kirtimukha.com/surfings/GandhiGita/GandhiFrame.htm

Dr. Ramananda Prasad's Translation (very fluid English)

http://reluctant-messenger.com/bhagavad-gita.htm