[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Ancient Indian Historical Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922) › c4 # Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c4: Table of Contents Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c4 - **Language:** English ### Table of Contents ### [c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c4.1) | 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 | ### [c4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c4.2) MAP OF ANCIENT INDIA . . . \*facing page\* 294 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.pargiter-1922.c4) · Pramāṇa