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*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024153623 ''Notes on Goorkhas:
being a short account of their country, history, characteristic, clans, &c.'']
by Captain Eden Vansittart, 5th Goorkhas 1890 Archive.org
*''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas''
**''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas'' Compiled under the orders of the Government by Lieut- Colonel Eden Vansittart 2nd Bn 10th Gurkha Rifles. revised by Major B U Nicolay 1st Bn, 4th Gurkha Rifles 1915 (Reprint 1918), is available to read as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/237136 pdf download], Digital Library of India, catalogued as Gurkhas (1915). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.237136 Archive.org mirror version], from Digital Library of India.**''Handbooks for the Indian Army: Gurkhas'' Compiled under the orders of the Government by Major C J Morris, late 2nd Bn, 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles Second edition 1936, revised by the author, first published 1933, is available to read as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/238360 pdf download], Digital Library of India, catalogued as Gurkhas (1936). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.238360 Archive.org mirror version]from Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/undertenviceroys00woodiala ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha''] by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org. Chapters XII and XIII are specifically about the Gurkhas.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/505973 ''The Gurkhas'']. 1928. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.72740 ''The Gurkhas'']. 1928. Archive.org version, different DLI file]Public Library of India Collection. Full title: ''The Gurkhas: their Manners, Customs and Country'' by Major W Brook Northey, late 1st KGO Gurkha Rifles and Captain C J Morris 3rd QAO Gurkha Rifles. Also available as a download from [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1928-the-gurkhas-their-manners-customs-and-country-by-northey-s-pdf/ PAHAR] Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22833 ''The Land Of The Gurkhas Or The Himalayan Kingdom Of Nepal''] by Major W Brook Northey, late 1st KGO Gurkha Rifles. Reprint edition, first published 1937. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. The author held the post of Recruiting Officer for five years, during which he was permitted to visit the interiors of Nepal that were out of bounds to other Europeans. Also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1935-land-of-the-gurkhas-or-himalayan-kingdom-of-nepal-by-northey-s-pdf/ download as a pdf] from PAHAR-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1947-the-gurkha-soldier-by-gibbs-s-pdf/ ''The Gurkha Soldier''] by Major H. R. K Gibbs (6th Gurkha Rifles). Deputy Recruiting Officer for Gurkhas. Second Edition 1947, first published 1944. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Includes various tribes & classes, customs etc, (63 pages).
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1957-gorkha-the-story-of-the-gurkhas-of-nepal-by-tuker-s-pdf/ ''Gorkha - the Story of the Gurkhas of Nepal''] by Lt.-Gen. Sir Francis Tuker 1957. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1964-johnny-gurkha-by-forbes-s-pdf/ ''Johnny Gurkha''] by Duncan Forbes 1964. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/126645 ''The Gurkhas''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126645 ''The Gurkhas''] Archive.org mirror version], Public Library of India Collection. A regimental history. This appears to be a reprint edition, for which no author is given, and which advises first published 1960. However the final chapter refers to events in 1964.The most likely publication appears to be ''The Gurkhas'' by Harold James and Denis Sheil-Small published 1965, London.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1965-the-gurkhas-by-james-s-pdf/ ''The Gurkhas''] by James, 1965. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1976-better-to-die-the-story-of-the-gurkhas-by-bishop-s-pdf/ ''Better to Die - the Story of the Gurkhas''] by Edward Bishop 1976. Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1984-the-gurkhas-by-farwell-s-pdf/ ''The Gurkhas''] by Byron Farwell 1984 Link to a pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Also available at the [https://archive.org/details/gurkhas00byro Archive.org Lending Library]. Describes their manners, customs, and character, and their history as soldiers
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1999-a-special-corps-the-beginnings-of-gorkha-service-with-the-british-by-coleman-s-pdf/ ''A Special Corps : the Beginnings of Gorkha Service with the British''] by A.P. Coleman. 1999 Link to a pdf download, PAHAR - Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset (MCADD).
*For personal accounts by officers, see [[3rd Gurkha Rifles]] for John Morris's autobiography, and [[4th Gurkha Rifles]] for John Masters's autobiographies.
