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Manmatha Nath Dutt (1855-1912) was a prolific translator of ancient Hindu texts to English. He has translated many ancient sanskrit texts to English. To this day his translation remain one of the few or sometimes the only english version of some hindu scripture. He translated^[1] the Valmiki Ramayana(1892-1894), Markandeya Purana (1896), Bhagavata Purana (1896), Vishnu Purana (1896), Hari Vamsha (1897), Mahabharata(1895-1905), Mahanirvana Tantra (1900), several samhitas and dharmashastra texts (1906, 1908-09), Garuda Purana (1908) and Rig Veda Samhita (1906-1912) which remained incomplete. He has also translated the Kamandakiya Nitisara (1896) which is a ancient book authored by Kamandhaka based on Kautilya's Artha Shastra.

Apart from his translations of sacred and secular texts on Sanatana and Buddhism he has also authored some books in English. Among them are his biography of Buddha(1901), and Gleanings from Indian classics(1893) which is a collection of famous stories and anecdotes from classical sanskrit literature. In the introduction to this book, Manmatha Nath Dutt mentions that it was his attempt to clear western misconception about Hindu religion, literature and philosophy.