Ancient Indian Historical Tradition
Critical use of Purāṇic and epic genealogies: royal dynasties, synchronisms, Brahmin and Kṣatriya traditions, chronology of the Bharata war; genealogical tables.
- Language
- English
- Author
- F. E. Pargiter
- Extent
- 2,906 passages, 125,816 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · 1st ed., London 1922; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by Gemini 3.8… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (F. E. Pargiter †1927); published before 1931: public…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 3 parts
- c2 Ancient Indian Historical Tradition — 9 parts
- c3 Preface — 7 parts
- c4 Table of Contents — 2 parts
- c5 List of Abbreviations — 2 parts
- c6 Chapter I. General Survey of Ancient Indian Historical Tradition — 76 parts
- c7 Chapter II. Tradition, Its Preservers and the Origin of the Puranas — 191 parts
- c8 Chapter III. Contents of the Earliest Puranas — 172 parts
- c9 Chapter IV. The Age of the Original Purana — 67 parts
- c10 Chapter V. Brahmanical and Kṣatriya Tradition — 159 parts
- c11 Chapter VI. The Puranas and Their Genealogical Texts — 52 parts
- c12 Chapter VII. General Survey of the Genealogies — 46 parts
- c13 Chapter VIII. The Solar Race — 3 parts
- c14 Chapter IX. The Aila or Lunar Race — 8 parts
- c15 Chapter X. General Credibility of the Genealogies — 23 parts
- c16 Chapter XI. Consideration of Names — 91 parts
- c17 Chapter XII. Synchronisms and Table of Royal Genealogies — 48 parts
- c18 Chapter XIII. Major Synchronisms Established — 149 parts
- c19 Chapter XIV. Minor Synchronisms Established — 71 parts
- c20 Chapter XV. The Four Ages, Chronology and Date of the Bhārata Battle — 36 parts
- c21 Chapter XVI. Brahman Families and Chronological Table of Rishis — 51 parts
- c22 Chapter XVII. The Bhārgavas — 127 parts
- c23 Chapter XVIII. The Vasiṣṭhas — 133 parts
- c24 Chapter XIX. The Āṅgirasas and Kāṇvas — 78 parts
- c25 Chapter XX. The Ātreyas — 35 parts
- c26 Chapter XXI. The Viśvāmitras — 33 parts
- c27 Chapter XXII. Agastyas, Paulastyas, Paulahas, and Kratus — 2 parts
- c28 Chapter XXIII. Kṣatriyan Brahmans — 18 parts
- c29 Chapter XXIV. Ancient History from Tradition — 323 parts
- c30 Chapter XXV. Inferences Suggested by Traditional History — 119 parts
- c31 Chapter XXVI. The Ancient Brahmans and the Vedas — 138 parts
- c32 Chapter XXVII. The Vedic Schools and Teachers and the Brāhmaṇas — 98 parts
- c33 Index — 76 parts
- c34 Corrigenda — 3 parts