Das Kapital and preparatory work (especially regarding the theory of surplus value), the first volume appeared in 1867 as "The Production Process of Capital". After Marx's death in 1883, from manuscripts and the first volume Engels introduced Volume II: "The Circulation Process of Capital" in 1885; and Volume III: "The Overall Process of Capitalist Production" in 1894. These three volumes are collectively known as "Das Kapital". "Capital, Volume I" (1867) is a critical analysis of political economy, meant to reveal the contradictions of the capitalist mode of production, how it was the precursor of the socialist mode of production and of the
Muppala Ranganayakamma the "Marx Capital parichayam", an introduction to Marx's "Das Kapital" in 3 volumes. The first volume was published in 1978 and there were no Telugu translations of "Das Kapital" available at that time. She wrote a three-volume novel "Janaki Vimukti" (meaning ""Emanicipation of Janaki""), arguing that Marxism is the correct path to gender equality. The most outstanding feature of Ranganayakamma's writings is that she writes in the most lucid manner, and even her opponents acknowledge this fact. Her readers and friends maintain a website (www.ranganayakamma.org) hosting details of her works. She won the Andhra Pradesh Government Sahitya Akademi Award for