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{{Short description|India-based publishing house}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Asian Educational Services (AES)
|foundation = 1973
|founder = Jagdish Lal Jetley
|logo =
|type = Publishing house specialized in antiquarian reprints
|location = New Delhi (India)
|area_served = Worldwide
|key_people = Gautam Jetley
|owner =
|num_employees = 37
|industry = [[Publishing]]
|products = Books
|revenue =
|homepage = [http://www.asianeds.com/ www.asianeds.com]
}}
'''Asian Educational Services''' (AES) is a New Delhi, India-based publishing house that specialises in [[antiquarian]] [[reprints]] of books that were originally published between the 17th and early 20th centuries. Founded by Jagdish Lal Jetley in 1973, the firm had published more than 1200 books by 2016.<ref>Prince Frederick, [https://www.thehindu.com/books/collectors-pride/article4336068.ece "Collector's pride"], ''[[The Hindu]]'', 23 January 2013; updated 11 June 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2023.</ref>

==Publishing programme==

This firm has a very active publication programme that aims to preserve knowledge, in the form of old books, from being lost. An extensive list of about 200 [[Travel literature|travelogues]] gives a vivid picture of India specifically, and Asia generally. Many of the big names in Asian exploration and in the field of history have been reprinted. Travelogues of people who, in the [[Middle Ages]], frequented India have been also given a new lease on life by being reprinted by AES.<ref name="asianeds-about-us">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160413112921/http://www.asianeds.com/aboutus.asp Asian Educational Services: About Us], archive.org. Retrieved 29 November 2023.</ref>

Language aids for over 40 [[Languages of Asia|Asian]], European and [[African languages]] in the form of dictionaries (classical, and popular), [[Multilingualism|polyglot]]s, grammar aids, and [[Autodidacticism|self-taught]] series are part of the ''AES'' programme for language studies. All [[List of languages|major languages]] of the [[South Asia|Indian sub-continent]] have been covered, along with [[Semitic languages]] like [[Amharic]] and the Arabic [[Varieties of Arabic|family of languages]].<ref name="asianeds-about-us" />

Apart from India, other areas of publication activity involve Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, [[Himalayas]], Central Asia, [[Burma/Myanmar]], and the Indian Ocean. Subjects dealt with include history, customs and [[manners]], religion, [[Buddhism]], [[numismatics]], [[anthropology]], art, architecture, [[castes]] and [[tribe]]s, the Indian Revolt (also known as the [[Indian rebellion of 1857|Mutiny of 1857]]), [[natural history]], gazetteers, guidebooks, etc.<ref name="asianeds-about-us" />

==Authors published==

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* [[Philippus Baldaeus]]
* [[François Bernier]]
* [[Al-Biruni]]
* [[Richard Francis Burton]]
* [[Abbé Barthélemy Carré]]<ref>[https://search.worldcat.org/title/24927626 The travels of the Abbé Carré in India and the Near East, 1672 to 1674], worldcat.org. Retrieved 20 November 2023.</ref>
* [[Robert Caesar Childers]]
* [[Sándor Kőrösi Csoma|Alexander Csoma de Kőrös]]
* [[Ippolito Desideri]]
* [[George William Forrest]]
* [[John Fryer (FRS)|John Fryer]]
* [[Wilhelm Geiger]]
* [[Nicholas Greenwood]]<ref>[https://search.worldcat.org/title/41612820 Shades of gold and green : anecdotes of colonial Burmah, 1886-1948], worldcat.org. Retrieved 20 November 2023.</ref>
* [[Alexander Hamilton]]
* [[Sven Hedin]]
* [[W. W. Hunter]]
* [[Edward William Lane]]
* [[G. B. Malleson]]
* [[Niccolao Manucci]]
* [[Monier-Willams]]
* [[Father Antonio Monserrate]]<ref>[https://search.worldcat.org/title/63527702 The commentary of Father Monserrate], worldcat.org. Retrieved 20 November 2023.</ref>
* [[William Moorcroft (explorer)|William Moorcroft]]
* [[William Muir]]
* [[Max Müller]]
* [[John Nieuhoff]]<ref>[https://search.worldcat.org/title/588492030 Voyages and travels into Brazil and the East-Indies, 1640-1649 : containing the exact description of the Dutch Brazil and divers parts of the East-Indies, their provinces, cities, living creatures and product, the manners, customs, habits and religion of the inhabitants with a particular account of all the remarkable passages], worldcat.org. Retrieved 20 November 2023.</ref>
* [[Hermann Oldenberg]]
* [[John Ovington]]
* [[Marco Polo]]
* [[James Prinsep]]
* [[Thomas William Rhys Davids]]
* [[Herbert Hope Risley]]
* [[Vincent Arthur Smith]]
* [[Aurel Stein]]
* [[Francis Joseph Steingass]]
* [[Jean-Baptiste Tavernier]]
* [[James Emerson Tennent]]
* [[Edgar Thurston]]
* [[Xuanzang|Hiuen Tsang]]
* [[William of Rubruck]]
* [[Arminius Vambery]]
* [[Francis Younghusband]]
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==Recent developments==

AES was awarded the National Award for Excellence in Publishing in 2005.

AES has been featured regularly in newspapers and TV shows, that highlight its re-publication programme. The newspapers that have carried stories on AES include the national dailies like ''[[The Hindu]]'' and ''[[The Indian Express]]''. Among the channels that have features AES are the National Channel of India (Door Darshan 1) and the [[CNN IBN|CNN/IBN]] network in India.<ref name="asianeds-about-us" />

After the death of the founder, Jagdish Lal Jetley, in 2005, the firm was being run by the surviving family, including the founder's son Gautam Jetley.<ref>K. Srimali, [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001091017/http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/03/stories/2006010305300200.htm "It is necessary to reprint rare classics, says publisher"], ''[[The Hindu]]'', 3 January 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2023.</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180821094129/http://www.aes.ind.in/ Official website]
* [https://www.books-by-isbn.com/81-206/ List of books published by AES arranged by ISBN]
* [https://archive.org/search?query=%22Asian+Educational+Services%22 Online copies of books published by AES]
* [https://www.thehindu.com/books/collectors-pride/article4336068.ece "Collector's pride"] at ''The Hindu'' - review of Asian Educational Services
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001091017/http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/03/stories/2006010305300200.htm "It is necessary to reprint rare classics, says publisher"] at ''[[The Hindu]]'' - interview with Gautam Jetley
* [https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=6459505 Portrait of Gautam Jetley] at thehinduimages.com - "Gautam Jetley in conversation with The Hindu in Vijayawada on January 02, 2006"

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