The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Mandala Publishing Series is a collaborative publishing initiative between the OCHS’s Continuing Education Department and the trade publisher Mandala Publishing, an imprint of Insight Editions.

The objective of the series is to offer authoritative yet accessible introductions to a wide range of subjects in Hindu Studies. Each book in the series aims to present its subject matter in a form that is engaging and readily comprehensible to persons of all backgrounds—academic or otherwise—without compromising scholarly rigour. The series thereby bridges the divide between academic and popular writing by preserving and utilising the best elements of both. Distributed by Simon & Schuster, the series fills a glaring gap in the Hindu Studies book market, bringing cutting edge scholarship to a new, more general readership.