[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi # India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi (India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī) Geography, society, economy, polity, religion and literature reconstructed from the words and rules of Pāṇini's grammar and its commentaries. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [V. S. Agrawala](https://indike.org/pramana/person/agrawala-vs) - **Extent:** 2,190 passages, 154,922 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · University of Lucknow, 1953; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8… · In copyright (V. S. Agrawala †1966); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c1) — 1 part - [c2 India as Known to Pāṇini](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c2) — 10 parts - [c3 अष्टपुष्पिका](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c3) — 10 parts - [c4 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c4) — 12 parts - [c5 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c5) — 77 parts - [c6 Chapter I. Pāṇini : His Life and Work](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c6) — 95 parts - [c7 Chapter II. Geographical Data](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c7) — 5 parts - [c8 Chapter III. Social Life](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c8) — 15 parts - [c9 Chapter IV. Economic Conditions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c9) — 7 parts - [c10 Chapter V. Education, Learning and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c10) — 3 parts - [c11 Chapter VI. Religion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c11) — 3 parts - [c12 Chapter VII. Polity and Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c12) — 6 parts - [c13 Chapter VIII. Chronological Considerations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c13) — 42 parts - [c14 Appendix II. A Critical Text of the Geographical Gaṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c14) — 25 parts - [c15 Key to Plate Showing Punch-Marked Coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c15) — 13 parts - [c16 Sanskrit Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c16) — 35 parts - [c17 Subject Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953.c17) — 16 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.agrawala-1953) · Pramāṇa