Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c4: Table of Contents

Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c4

Language: English

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| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I. | General survey of ancient Indian historical tradition | 1 |
| II. | Tradition, its preservers, and the origin of the Purāṇas | 15 |
| III. | Contents of the earliest Purāṇas | 33 |
| IV. | Age of the original Purāṇa | 49 |
| V. | Brahmanical and kṣatriya tradition | 58 |
| VI. | The Purāṇas and their genealogical texts | 77 |
| VII. | General survey of the genealogies | 84 |
| VIII. | The Solar race | 90 |
| IX. | The Aila or Lunar race | 99 |
| X. | General credibility of the genealogies | 119 |
| XI. | Consideration of names | 126 |
| XII. | Synchronisms and Table of royal genealogies | 138 |
| XIII. | Major synchronisms established | 150 |
| XIV. | Minor synchronisms established | 167 |
| XV. | The four ages and date of the Bhārata battle | 175 |
| XVI. | Brahman families and chronological Table of rishis | 184 |
| XVII. | The Bhārgavas | 193 |
| XVIII. | The Vasiṣṭhas | 203 |
| XIX. | The Āṅgirasas and Kāṇvas | 218 |
| XX. | The Ātreyas and Kāśyapas | 228 |
| XXI. | The Viśvāmitras | 234 |
| XXII. | Agastyas, Paulastyas, Paulahas, and Kratus | 238 |
| XXIII. | Kṣatriyan brahmans | 243 |
| XXIV. | Ancient history from tradition | 253 |
| XXV. | Inferences suggested by traditional history, with map | 287 |
| XXVI. | The ancient brahmans and the Vedas | 303 |
| XXVII. | The Vedic schools and teachers, and the Brāhmaṇas | 321 |
| INDEX | | 335 |

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MAP OF ANCIENT INDIA . . . *facing page* 294